A Questionnaire Study on Perspectives of Administrators of Gardens designated as Places of Scenic Beauty in Kyoto

Abstract

There are lots of gardens designated as places of scenic beauty in Kyoto. But recently administrators of the gardens are in face with various changes in the surrounding situations (e.g. changes in subsidy system, natural environment, landscape, gardening materials, etc.) . The purpose of this study is to know actual conditions of the garden administrators, and consider their future to achieve good preservation of the gardens. To this end, we investigated actual conditions of administrators of gardens designated as places of scenic beauty in Kyoto by questionnaire survey. As a result, we found some trends in their thought, for example, 66 percent of them required the restoration rather than the evolution of the gardens, and 60 percent desired to tighten landscape conservation regulations. The most important result is that 55 percent approved of compiling some guidelines for preserving the gardens. We suppose the guidelines would conduce a great deal to good and sustainable preservation of the gardens.