Abstract
Sapporo City planning streets including parkways were decided in 1936. Over half the width of each parkway was given to green open space of trees, promenade and river. Scenic zones were designated in 1939 including parkway buffer zone to create the park system. And new parks were laid out near the parkways and scenic zones in 1942-1943. Before 1945, among major cities in Japan Sapporo was the only one to adopt park system theory entirely and make street network plan link to land use control for urban landscape. These progressive plans were abolished after 1945.
