Changes of Children's Outdoor Play Activities and Consciousness of Play Spaces in Winter Sapporo

A Study on Changes to the Form of Children’s Playgrounds in Japan by Analyzing the JILA Selected Works of Landscape Architecture

“…The extraordinary play condition in Japan is discussed regularly with regard to the decreasing winter outdoor play activities in snowy and cold regions, children's consciousness of the changes, and the planning for indoor playgrounds in parks. Shuowen Tseng et al (2004) [20] proposed that the frequency of outdoor play activities, as well as the willingness to play outside in winter, decreased during the 1990s. It is a structural problem beyond generation as a result of the influence of parental attitudes to children.…”

“…Referring to previous research with regard to the aspect of the relationship between the play and the space characteristics of playgrounds in Japan [4,13,17,38,39], the importance of the natural elements in children's playgrounds [5,6,23,29,40,41], and the extraordinary play conditions [20,21,42] in Japan, including the child-oriented categories of the play and, separately, playing space, were presented through the eyes of the children and included playmates, play objects, play equipment; roads, parks, schools, homes nearby, and so on. However, there were few papers classified by designers' position combined with the play styles and space characteristics as the design elements.…”