Abstract
This study focused on the development of Uji City under the modernization before the consolidation in 1951. Before modern age, this area had been famous for the sightseeing and the tea plant. Under the modernization, some infrastructures such as road systems, railway systems and electric generation systems were constructed in this area, and had consisted or sustained the image of this area.
This study analyzed the influence of infrastructure toward urban landscape, urban life and the image of the city, and then clarified the city planning and management of the Uji City on the process of the modernization. The image of Uji City itself was not made revolutionized by the infrastructure, but elements of the image were updated taking advantage of the infrastructure. Therefore, the image of Uji City constituted before modern age have been succeeded.
