Abstract
This study aims to find out development and change of the information in guidebooks to area of old Tokyo prefecture published from the Meiji era till the World War n. Findings are mainly as follows, 1) The table-of-contents of Guidebooks was divided into some types, and although "type of the names of the place" was main in the Meiji era, the "type of kind of the place" increased later. 2) Guidebooks were classified into eight types by the item of contents. 3) Among the sights which existed from the Edo era, natural sights such as slopes or trees decreased, but temples, parks and other few items continued to be shown in guidebooks. On the other hand, sights which symbolize a system and authority, such as "the Imperial Palace", became to appear constantly.
