02078nas a2200253   4500000000100000000000100001000000100002008004100003260000800044653002200052653001000074653002400084653002500108653002700133100001900160700001700179700001700196245011700213856015300330300001200483490000700495520130200502022002001804       2015                            d  coct10acultural heritage10aJapan10acultural properties10aincentives programme10atraditional settlement1 aIndera Radzuan1 aNaoko Fukami1 aYahaya Ahmad00aIncentives for the conservation of traditional settlements: residents  perception in Ainokura and Kawagoe, Japan  uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84948471219&doi=10.1080%2f14766825.2014.952302&partnerID=40&md5=7b182f38dce11d2d6d4ebc49bffc5e48  a301-3290 v133 aThis study emerged from the author(s)’ experience in conducting a survey with the residents in Ainokura Village at the Toyama Prefecture and the Kawagoe in the Saitama Prefecture, Japan. With the comprehensive legislations bound into the cultural heritage s sophisticated systems, Japan is often regarded as one of the leading countries in promoting cultural heritage protection despite the tendency for westernization and modernization influences prevalent after World War II. At present, the establishment of the Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties in Japan has increased public awareness for the conservation of the cultural heritage including tangible and intangible heritage. This research intends to look at the perceptions of the residents on the implementation of the cultural heritage conservation and incentives programme in those two traditional settlements. By using questionnaires and interviews involving the residents in the two areas, this study has employed the quantitative and qualitative approach in order to gather factual data. This research is conducted in order to address the overarching question of whether the incentive programmes that have been created for the community have been found to be suitable for the fulfilment of their aspirations and real needs.  a14766825 (ISSN)