Establishment of the concept and practice of eco-museum as a revitalization measure against the depopulation and aging processes in local areas

我们的尝试是将生态博物馆作为地方社区建设的手段，在重新利用当地区域资源的基础上，以更大范围的社区交流和关系为目标，复兴当地文化和人与自然的共生关系。本研究以京都的探戈地区为研究对象，通过建立数据库来研究该地区的文化、生活方式和自然资源的潜在价值，并进一步研究和建立生态博物馆作为当地社区建筑的基本概念，在这里，当地的自然、文化和人可以作为一个活生生的博物馆或舞台来接近。通过对当地农业、林业、手工艺、当地饮食习俗、传统娱乐艺术、水资源、动植物、景观等的研究，我们发现了观察接近自然的自给自足生活方式的宝贵价值和乐趣，并明确了未来发展方向，将生态博物馆作为当地社区建设，创造一个吸引游客和自豪感的地区。因此，很明显：1)生态博物馆是每个地区想要保存、传播或享受的所有事物的博物馆或舞台。2)从生活过程中创造的生活之美（日常生活之美）出发，考虑农业山村的美与光，寻找当地的原始景观（原始景观）。3)重要的是要保护和传播当地的自然和生活文化之美，而不是把它们插入指定的建筑物或设施中，而是在它们原来的地方。4)重要的是要考虑到当地的“灯光”或景点，因为它们创造了每个当地的骄傲，在该地区的日常生活中振兴了它们。

Our attempt is to develop Eco-museums as local community building measures to revive local culture and the symbiosis between people and nature, aiming at community exchange and relations in a wider scale, based on the re-use of local regional resources. The aim of the present research, focused on Tango region of Kyoto prefecture, is to investigate the potential values of the cultural, lifestyle and natural resources of this region by making a database and further, to study and build the basic concept of an Eco-museum as a Local Community Building where local nature, culture and people can be approached as a living museum or stage. As a result of our research on the regional farming, forestry, craftworks, local food customs, traditional entertaining arts, water resources, flora and fauna, landscape, etc. we discovered the precious value and joy to observe the close-to-nature self-sufficient lifestyle and we clarified a future direction to develop eco-museums as local community building to create a guests-attracting and pride-breeding region. As a result, it becomes clear that: 1)Ecomuseum is a museum or stage of all things that each region wants to preserve, transmit or enjoy. 2)We are searching for the local proto-landscape (original landscape) by considering the beauty and lights of agricultural mountain villages in terms of beauty of living created in the process of life (beauty in everyday life). 3)It is important to preserve and transmit the beauty of local area's nature and living culture not by inserting them inside designated buildings or facilities, but in their original places. 4)It is important to consider local area is 'lights' or attractions as creating the pride of each local area, revitalizing them within the everyday life of the area.