Study on the relation between Configuration of ground and Space-structure of Hot-spring Resort in Meiji era

Abstract

The aime of this paper is to clear the relation between configuration of the ground and space-structure of hot-spring resorts in Meiji era by means of refering sketch maps, the other documents and field survey on 31 historical hot-spring resort.As the result of this work, it was ascertained that the location of shrines, temples and main street of hot-spring resort in Meiji era had good relation with the direction of ground.