A TENTATIVE ASSUMPTION ABOUT THE VALUE OF CULTURAL ECOSYSTEM SERVICES OF MT. FUJI USING THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SONGS IN SHIZUOKA PREFECTURE

Abstract

 The value structure of cultural ecosystem services is elusive. Therefore it is necessary to enrich our “vocabulary” used for expression of the intrinsic value of ecosystem services. This paper aims to reveal the value of cultural ecosystem services which people living in Shizuoka prefecture gain from Mt. Fuji everyday using the elementary school songs. Through the visibility analysis of Mt. Fuji, the text mining analysis and interpretation of the lyrics of the school songs, we extracted 22 kinds of textual expression which are classified into the “cultural perceptions of landscapes”, “aesthetics”, “religious”, “spiritual” and “educational” categories of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. As a result, diversity of the intrinsic value of ecosystem services of Mt. Fuji was found.