Abstract
Ebenezer Howard, who wrote “Tomorrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform” in 1898, played an important role in development of town planning. Tokiyoshi Yokoi, who introduced the garden city theory of Howard to Japan from the view of country planning, thought the garden city theory as just country-like town planning. And then he published a novel titled “Mohan Chouson (Ideal Town and Country)”, in which he showed his vision on country planning. However, when compared the garden city theory with Yokoi's vision on country planning, the following findings were obtained. Although their approaches were different from each other, they both intended to develop self-contained and sustainable community.
