Kazutoshi KON

The objective of this study is to verify the relationship between the layout of stone roof storehouses and the microclimate of the settlement in Tsushima Island, Japan. Climatic conditions were observed in Kuneinaka settlement in winter of 2015, 2016 and 2018. For the most part, winds in the settlement came from between southwest and west, and sometimes northeast winds were observed. The group of storehouses called “Koya Yashiki” is located on the southwest side of settlement. As a result of the observations, it is confirmed that the group of storehouses stand to windward side of stronger wind when the seasonal prevailing wind blow in winter. There is a risk of fire spread on stone roof storehouses located along Kune River, because they stand to leeward side of the seasonal prevailing wind in winter. These storehouses stand to windward when northeast wind blow, and there corresponded with the area of stronger wind.The risk of fire spread on storehouses located on the north area along the mountain is low because there is an area of weak winds. It is clarified the relationship between the layout pattern of stone roof storehouses and the local wind climate in the settlement.

The objective of this study is to elucidate the actual situation and the interrelationship of regional houses and houses with a woodstove. We conducted an exhaustive survey on the number of regional houses and houses with a woodstove in Kaneyama Town, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. Houses built in the regional style made up 41.6% (720 houses) of the entire town, and woodstoves were used in 11.5% (199 houses) of the entire town. It was revealed that regional houses were the most prevalent, at 51.7% (329 houses), in the urban area of the town, and houses with a woodstove were the most prevalent, at 23.9% (78 houses), in the mountainous area of the town. On the other hand, the usage rate of woodstoves in regional houses was relatively low, at 9.9% (71 houses). Even in the same town, the number of regional houses and the form of regional houses differ for each area, and there is a possibility that the use of a woodstove may affect the form of regional houses.

The Meijijingu Gaien Stadium was constructed within the boundaries of the Meijijingu Gaien Park, following the orders of the Emperor Meiji, to commemorate the imperial honor of the Meiji Period in 1924. The main objective of this paper is to study the spatial placement of the Meijijingu Gaien Stadium in regard to important aspects of the construction process.<br> The research adopted the publications referred to the construction process of the Meijijingu Gaien Park. The assessed period is from 1887, with the establishment of the Aoyama military field, until 1939 when the 10th Meijijingu National Sports Festival was held at the Meijijingu Gaien Stadium. Considering the plan of the spatial placement and the spatial composition, this study concretely verifies the planning process of the Meijijingu Gaien project through: a) the actual land use by extracting and associating; b) the matters concerning the facility; c) the statements of the mayor of Tokyo, educators and constructors; and d) the figure of the project plan in publications.<br> The spatial placement of the Meijijingu Gaien Stadium was analyzed following 3 important aspects. First, this study confirmed the history, the social background and the geographical transition related to the Emperor Meiji in the context of the Meijijingu Gaien Park. As well, we positioned to the ideological background, the origin and the initiative of the construction of the stadium from the mayor of Tokyo SAKATANI YOSHIRO. Second, we seized the circumstances of the construction of the stadium through the statements from the educator KANO JIGORO and the constructors involved in the planning process of the Meijijingu Gaien project. Additionally, we inspected the spatial composition of the construction process of the Meijijingu Gaien Park and the spatial placement of the Meijijingu Gaien Stadium. Moreover, the spatial significance of the royal box seats in the Meijijingu Gaien Stadium was corroborated.<br> This study clarifies the initiative of the construction and the development of the plan for the Meijijingu Gaien project, based on the statements of the mayor of Tokyo, educators and constructors. Furthermore, it reveals the history of the establishment of the spatial placement of the Meijijingu Gaien Stadium.