A Research on the Historical Change in the Issues Concering Rural Landscape in Yufuin Town

Abstract

Yufuin town, Oita Prefecture, has dramatically developed from a small isolated village into a well-known sparesort after the opening of Trans-Kyushu motorway. The main attraction of Yufuin is its excellent rural landscape.
The landscape of Yufuin has gradually been sculptured as the local people dealt with each arising issue reflecting the nation-wide debate related to landscape.
This thesis is to demonstrate that the policies or measures established by Yufuin town precisely reflect the change of situation. The focus was first on natural landscapes, thenchanged to industrial landscapes and recently to small-scale neighborhood landscapes.