This study focuses on how Vinh was designed in the 1970s and how nature and tradition were incorporated into the planning method. The study uses documents from the German National Archive in Berlin. The analysis clearly shows that (1) nature and tradition were considered important elements in the urban design of Vinh, (2) these elements were related to each other in the newly designed city, and (3) such a state was described as an " urban organism ". In other words, it was confirmed that the post-war reconstruction of Vinh in the 1970s had a similar intention to the urban design of Hamhung in the 1950s.

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This paper has mentioned about the conception of Catholicism museum in Oita Japan by UEDA Tamotsu. The museum was unbuild although this conception was proposed as a new project to promote Oita city.

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In Tachibanaguchi Ward, Shingu Town, located at the foot of Tachibanayama, Kasuya-gun, Fukuoka Prefecture, traditional buildings built after the end of the Edo Era are concentrated, and with a combination of nagaya-mon gates and the main houses, the ward forms a characteristic landscape. The purpose of the study was then to examine the process of establishment of nagaya-mon gates and the main houses through understanding their shape, structure scale, and construction age by investigating their appearance, floor plans, and house ledgers as well as focusing on their relationship to the inhabitants’ livelihood by interviewing local people about the condition of living and how each room was used.

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In the Ohzeki school district, a residents' organization created a booklet and conducted flood disaster tradition activities in activities to teach elementary school students about flood disasters. This activity was realized by those who experienced the 1953 flood and wanted to pass on the lessons learned to future generations, and those who have never experienced a flood but are interested in floods and connected them with the school. The contents of the flood tradition was based on the 1953 flood, but was also diverse, including the history of the Tokojima Weir and irrigation channels.

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In recent years, street tree bases have been garnering attention for their contribution to biodiversity as urban wildflower habitats; however, research remains limited in this regard. Herein, we conducted a survey of vegetation grown at street tree bases around an urban greenspace. Results showed that the vegetation established in the surrounding street tree bases tended to be different for each type of urban greenspace (e.g., secondary forests of shii and Japanese oak).

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