A Study Concerning about Making Maps of Lost Villages after 1985 in Japan and the Analysis about Characteristics of lost villages respective of their Causes of Disappearance

1. 本文通过参考各阶段的地图版本，报道了日本失落村落的数量和位置。事实证明，在第二次世界大战后，这些地区约有3125个村庄消失。据推测，1945-1965年，1407个村，1965-1985年，1515个村，1985年至今，203个村消失。关于1985年至今的消失村，仔细观察地图发现，157个（77.3%）消失村是由于“其一般因素”，46个（22.7%）消失村是由于“其特殊因素”。具体因素包括大坝工程淹没造成的村庄迁移、其他公共设施位置影响的村庄疏散等。调查一年内村庄消失的频率，1985年至今的村庄消失率是1945-1985年的三分之一。

1. This paper reports the number and the location of lost villages in Japan by referring to the editions of maps in some stages. It proved to be that about 3125 of villages were lost in these areas after World War II. It is guessed that in the period of 1945-1965, 1407 villages , 1965-1985, 1515 villages, and 1985 to the present time, 203 villages were lost.2. About the lost villages from 1985 to the present time, Close observation of the maps shows that 157 (77.3%) of the defunct villages are lost for the reasons of "their general factors", while 46 (22.7%) are lost because of "their particular factors". The particular factors consist of village transfer caused by submergences in dam constructions, village evacuation affected by the locations of other public facilities, and so on.3. Investigating about the frequency of lost villages occurred in a year, in 1985 to the present time there are as many as one third of lost villages that of in 1945-1985.