This research aimed to identify landscape characteristics based on granting style of pastureland in Shimousa plateau, Japan. To accomplish this aim, this research examined two steps. First, relationship between granting style of pastureland and land use transformation was identified. Second, relationship between granting style of pastureland and the distribution of woodlands and farmlands and the street patterns was identified. In the results, four types of landscape characteristics based on granting style of pastureland were identified: 1) inherited both the distribution of woodlands and farmlands and the street patterns, 2) inherited the distribution of woodlands and farmlands, 3) inherited the street patterns, 4) inherited neither the distribution of woodlands and farmlands nor the street patterns. Furthermore, this research examined a new conservation concept of cultural landscape in Shimousa plateau, Japan.
