Integrated way of enhancing the minor communitieson the view point ofheritage environment

高屋山被认为是和歌山半岛最神圣的地方之一，在那里，一座神秘的信教佛教寺庙建筑群位于一座崎岖的山顶上，占据着一片狭窄平坦的土地。这个小镇因宗教原因一直禁止妇女进入而闻名，直到1872年。构成整个土地的圣地和朝圣路线被联合国教科文组织列为世界遗产，每年吸引来自世界各地的100多万游客。但由于村民老龄化和人口减少，周边村庄一直是山顶的食品、燃料和佛坛用品等商品的供应商，这些村庄一直在衰落。其中一些预计将在不久的将来消失，一些已经消失。我们需要从文化、环境、经济、当地工业和教育的角度克服与这些小社区问题有关的挑战。这是一份关于村落遗产和活动的综合研究报告，旨在从居住环境的角度保持村落的可持续发展。分析结果明确了自1888年以来，随着邻村生活方式的变化，高牙山山顶城镇结构的变迁。对农村支农活动的研究发现，新来者不同的价值观或思维方式也可能导致社区的心理冲突。但对于如此小的社区来说，接纳和吸引外来人员的能力至关重要。从维持条件的角度来看，保存当地环境的各个方面，如建筑和风景，在其中扎根并生活得很好是非常重要的。作为记录当地遗产的一部分，还进行了Koya线木制车站结构的测量记录。

Mount Koya is known as one of the most sacred sites in Wakayama peninsula where an esoteric Shingon sect Buddhist temple complex occupies a stretch of narrow flat land on top of a rugged mountain. The town is famous as the having been prohibited to women for religious reasons until 1872. The sacred sites and pilgrimage routes that make up the whole area of land are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site and attract more than 1 million visitors every year from all over the world. But the peripheral villages which have functioned as suppliers of commodities to the top of mountain such as food, fuels and Buddhist altar fittings have been declining because of the aging and depopulation of villagers. Some of them are expected to disappear in the near future and some have already vanished. We need to overcome challenges connected to the issue of the problem surrounding these small communities from the view point of culture, environment, economy, local industry and education. This is a report of synthetic research into heritages and activities of the villages aiming to keep them sustainable in terms of living environment. The result of analysis clarified the transformations of the town structure on top of the Koya Mountain since 1888,according to the changes of the ways of neighboring village lives. The research of village supporter’s activities aiming to keep the villages sustainable found that the newcomer’s different values or ways of thinking may also cause psychological conflicts in the community. But for such small communities, the ability to accept and attract people from the outside is essential. From the viewpoint of sustaining conditions, preserving aspects of a local environment, such as architecture and landscape scenery, in which one can root one's identity and live well is of great importance.The measuring documentation of wooden station structures of Koya line was also carried out as part of recording the local heritages.