2020 Volume 75 Issue 6 Pages I_207-I_217
This study examines utilization methods towards opening remains of gun batteries to the public while preserving the heritage, focusing on the site quality of gun battery remains from which people can look out over the sea. A questionaire survey conducted with the local governments of 27 cities, towns, or villages around Japan that manage the remains of gun batteries revealed that about 30% of the gun battery remains are not open to the public, and that there are issues related to such things as the deterioration of the remains and cutting or trimming weeds and trees at the remains of gun batteries that are open to the public. The 45 sites of gun battery remains that are already being used were classified by usage into four categories: parks, observation decks, camping grounds, and learning facilities, and the site quality and environmental characteristics of each site were grasped. Furthermore, the site quality and environmental characteristics of 19 sites of the remains of gun batteries on the Tokyo Bay were grasped by a field survey, and comparison between them and the characteristics of the 45 sites of utilized gun battery remains revealed that the remains of the Kannonzaki First Gun Battery are appropriate for a camping ground or a learning facility and that the remains of the Koshigoe Gun Battery are appropriate for a park or an observation deck.
