Regional re-vitalization is getting important issues in a variety of countries. It is also the case for, specifically, rural area in Japan, which has problems like aging society with fewer children and increase of regional difference in economy. I have investigated a case of small town "Yusuhara" located in the western mountain region of Kochi prefecture Japan. The local government has tried a number of programs for re-vitalization of the town. According to the survey the local government did in order to develop future vision of the town, it was clear that most of the residents evaluate the town highly. Historically, there have been a lot of discussions with respect to defining a level of regional vitalization or prosperity. This paper tries to identify items to define prosperity index as a measure of regional vitalization based on the case study of small rural town Yusuhara.
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