THIS PAPER AIMS TO CLARIFY THE HISTORY OF "OKUZASHIKI-ONSEN" RAIlWAYS(RAILWAYS WITH TERMINAL IN SPA) AND TO FIND OUT DESIGN CONTRIVANCE IN RELATED SPA RESORTS. BASED ONHISTORICAL RECORDS OF SPAS, CITIES, RAIlWAYS, MAPS OF PAST SPAS. AND TRAVEL RECORDS. ETC., THE ANALYSIS WAS CONDUCTED. FINDING ARE AS FOLLOWS. 1) "OKUZASHIKI-ONSEN" RAILWAYS, PUT DOWN SINCE 1895, WERE CLASSIFIED INTO FOUR TYPES, AND THE WHOLE NUMBER OF THESE RAIlWAYS INCREASED IN TAISHO ERA AND DECLINED TWICE IN SHOWA ERA. 2) SPA-RESORTS WITH THE TERMINAL OF "OKUZASHIKI-ONSEN" RAILWAYS HAD MANY DESIGN CONTRIVANCE FOR VISITORS' GOOD IMPRESSION, WHICH WERE CLASSIFIED INTO SIX TYPES.
