Abstract
The subject of this study is Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture, which is a local city where the supply and demand of public graveyards has been tight in recent years. The purpose of this study is to examine the method of grasping the location of the graveyard and to clarify the issues of graveyard policy of local governments from the relationship between the characteristics of graveyard locations and the intention of the citizens. There is no statistical information on the location of the graveyard, but it is important information when considering graveyard administration. First, based on the graveyard ledger, we set a method to add the location of the graveyard obtained from the map created by the government and Google Maps. Based on this method, a field survey of the graveyard was conducted, and it was found that it was located on the area around Maebashi Station, in the urbanized area, and in the suburbs. According to a questionnaire survey on graveyards for citizens, households wishing to acquire tombs want to acquire them in suburban municipal graveyards, so it is necessary to continue to provide sustainable municipal cemeteries. In addition, some households who wish to have a tomb prefer public transportation, walking, or bicycle as a means of transportation to visit the graveyard, so it is necessary to consider means of transportation other than automobiles.
