抄録
Generally, when we study the process the process of growth of the tourist Rosort in Japan, we can find three stages in that growth and they could be comparable to Metamorphism which is the biological term.
The first stage of that Metamorphism is around 1800 when many “Meishozue” were published and the “Meisho” (famous sigh-seeing points) were established.
The second stage is the development of tourist industries and the further development of modern tourist resorts around 1910.
The third stage is around 1990, and the time of the “New Resort”, being developed at many places in conjunction with the popularization of leisure.