Abstract
In order to design comfortable spaces forShinrin-yoku (taking in the atmosphere of the forest), it is important to psychological effects and forest environment of walking and sitting in various forests of 10areas. In this study we examined and analyzed impressions of forests, psychological effects, using the Semantic Differential Method and Profile of Mood States, and light/thermal environment effects. As a result, there is a psychological effect of being released from stress by the walking and sitting in the forest, and this effects is considered to have a correlation with impression of forests and light / thermal environment effects. We found that users became tense and fatigued taking in the atmosphere of high humidity, and users became more active in bright. It was thought that a psychological effect of the forests was combined with various physical environmental factors.
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