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非边缘聚落的存在基础。一位社会学家创造的“边缘定居点”给人的印象是，所有的山村都将很快崩溃。然而，并非所有的山村都处于边缘聚落的状态。近代日本山村非边缘聚落的存在基础如下。第一个因素是通往城市的道路和交通基础设施的改善，这使得山村居民更容易进入城市。第二个因素取决于一个地区是否能够发展和营销自己作为一个度假胜地。

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.