MAJOR PART OF THE CREMATORIUMS IN JAPANESE GREAT CITIES ARE PUBLIC. NEVERTHELESS FEW PRIVATE CREMATORIUMS EXIST IN TOKYO, YOKOHAMA AND OSAKA. THESE PRIVATE CREMATORIUMS HAVE MORE PROBLEMS WHICH WE HAVE TO SOLVE THAN PUBLIC CREMATORIUMS. THIS PAPER PRESENTS SOME DIRECTIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING FOR PRIVATE CREMATERIUMS, FOR EXAMPLE SOME IMPROVEMENTS IN PLANNING THE ROADS ACCESSING TO THEM.
