The research on existence base of non-marginal settlements in mountain villages of modern Japan

本文旨在分析近代日本山村中非边缘聚落的存在基础。一位社会学家创造的“边缘聚落”给人的印象是，所有的山村都将很快崩溃。然而，所有山村的情况并不是边缘聚落。现代日本山村中非边缘聚落的存在基础如下。第一个因素是改善了城市的道路和交通基础设施，使山村居民更容易进入。第二个因素取决于一个地区能否将自己开发和营销为度假胜地。

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the existence base of non-marginal settlements in mountain villages of modern Japan. "Marginal settlements" which was the coinage of one sociologist gave the impression that all mountain villages will soon collapse. However, the condition of all mountain villages is not marginal settlement. Existence base of non-marginal settlements in mountain villages of modern Japan are as follows. The first factor is improvements to the road and transportation infrastructure to cities that have made much more accessible to inhabitants of the mountain villages. The second factor depends on whether a region can develop and market itself as a vacation resort destination.