Abstract
In this paper, we dealt with the process of urban development in Kyoto under the modernization. It focuses on the development process of railway systems forming main spatial frame of city and city facilities which functions as catalyst equipment of activities. This study classified different part of urban and suburban areas in modern Kyoto. It was characteristic that suburban area were recognized as space for “common scenery”, that main railway stations posted to boundary area, and that the electric tramway network sustained urban activities and facilities progressed along it. They constituted the city culture including “sightseeing” in suburban area.
