自然公園成立史の観点からみた琉球政府立公園の特徴

Abstract

After World War Ⅱ, Government of the Ryukyu Island (GRI) was established in Okinawa Islands. The Government enacted GRI Parks Law in 1957. Based on the Low, three GRI parks were designated in 1965. Each parks had the character which were recreational element, war memorial, and cemetery park. These characters were able to find out in US National Park System. Before World War Ⅱ, There was an argument to designate new types of national parks in Japanese government. The images of these parks were as follows; recreational area, national park way, national cemetery, etc. In 1957, Japanese Government enacted Natural Parks Law revising of National Parks Law. At that time, the ideas concerning to new types of national parks were not included in National Parks Law. Therefore it is difficult to find out the characters like GRI Parks Law in Japanese Natural Parks Law. From the viewpoint of relationship between enacting Japanese National Parks Law and enacting GRI Parks Law, it could said that GRI Parks Law had unique character, because of the reason that in GRI Parks Law it could find out the elements of new types of national parks which were discussed in Japanese government before World War Ⅱ.