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okkaido’s natural splendor draws many auto tourists. This has con-tributed to interest in preserving the natural environment and land-scape. With the promotion of the Scenic Byway Hokkaido program and with the enactment of three laws on landscape, urban environ-ment and outdoor advertisement and one basic law on tourism de-velopment, there is increasing need for research on landscape and tourism. For this reason, the Scenic Landscape Research Team was established, in April 2006. This Team studies ways of creating beauti-ful landscapes along roads and environments for pleasant driving, and of providing sightseeing information to motorists. |