The objectives of this paper were to clarify characteristics of landscape in Dainaka-no-ko lagoon reclaimed land located on the coast of Lake Biwa. Based on the arrangement of roads, canals and fields constructed by the reclamation project, it was predicted and examined that the landscape centered on the axis would be viewed from the surrounding levees. Viewpoints were set at 79 points of intersection of the roads and the drainage canals with the levees. At each point, planar composition of roads, canals, fields and the other elements, situation of surrounding geography, sectional structure relating to the reclaimed land and the adjacent topography, and composition of landscape viewed from the levee were surveyed and analyzed through investigation of both literature materials and maps and field work. As a result, the characteristics that the axis of the road or the drainage canal was at the center, and the fields were lined up on both sides were clarified. Such character of line symmetrical landscape along the axis was weakened by buildings and other elements. Gradient changes that caused the optical illusion effect pointed out in the research of the French garden was also seen in this reclaimed land. It also turned out that there were possibilities of improving the value of such landscape by introducing the landscape design which took advantage of the axes.
