Tourism has been a major source of Japan’s foreign exchange earnings in the past five years, and Kyoto has been one of the most popular tourist destinations in the country. However, over tourism has contributed to the damaging of ancient monuments as well as harming of certain functions in city landscape. This research aims at examining efforts by the Kyoto prefecture government in redesigning the outlook of city through the preservation policy of city landscape so as to bring about sustainable tourism. This research applies qualitative method by means of literature approach toward the object of research using written materials and photos from UNESCO and Kyoto prefecture government’s reports. As a conclusion, the Kyoto prefecture government had succeeded in implementing an integrated and comprehensive policy for maintaining city landscape and historical buildings through which sustainable tourism is possible despite the bustle of tourists in the city.)

Keywords

Tourism, Japan, Kyoto, preservation, landscape