The purpose of the study was to determine how landscape that contains large wind power generation is evaluated and to clarify the differences resulting from the comparison with nearby residents and visitors respectively. A wind power generator in Kusatsu City, Shiga Prefecture, was the subject of the present case study. Landscape evaluation was conducted in two residential areas, one of them close by and the second one further away, and in two tourist attraction locations, similarly at varying viewing distance from the generator, by means of a questionnaire survey. Analysis of the comparison results revealed that the visitors evaluated the landscape much more positively than the local residents. Moreover, it was clarified that landscape evaluation by the visitors tended to be influenced by viewing distance at a much higher degree than in the case of the residents. And the evaluation by the residents seemed to be less moderated by viewing distance. Further analysis showed that landscape evaluation by the local residents was strongly influenced by co-evaluation of other, related factors, and that their judgment was affected by a more comprehensive understanding of the landscape.
