Evaluation of Japanese Garden Through Text Mining of the Blog

Abstract

Japanese gardens are visited by many people, but the reasons why there are so many visitors and how these visitors evaluate the gardens are not so clear. This study aims to observe the new type of evaluation of Japanese gardens through the "text mining" of blogs. Firstly, the blog sites related to the evaluation of Japanese gardens were found from the Yahoo blog search. Secondly, a set of data of evaluation was extracted from these blogs. Thirdly, the contents of these blogs were analyzed using the text mining techniques. The results of these analysis found many curious responses. Evaluation of Japanese garden consists of complex elements. They are "nature" and "design" as a core, additionally "surrounding scenery", "feeling", "architecture" "action" and "history". This study found that Japanese garden visitors understand the artistry and advanced techniques of garden. From text mining of blogs by Japanese garden visitors, various aspects of evaluation of Japanese garden were obtained.