A Historical Study on the Facilities for Eating and Drinking in the Public Parks of Tokyo in the Meiji Period

Abstract

Eating and drinking is one of human pleasure and also it has been popular behavior in public parks. In this paper we made a chronological table of conditions, usages and social recognition of the facilities on the basis of official documents of city Tokyo and “Shinsen Meisho Zue”. Then we organized the meanings and problems of the facilities in public parks. Besides we mentioned that the administration had changed their policy for those facilities from positive to negative attitude with the change of the times and clarified its reason.