Two researches were conducted on the review of precedent studies and questionnaires in 2005. The purpose of these studies was to examine the possibility of Karuizawa Community Sport Club that was established in 2004 as sport tourism (Survey 1 and Survey 2). The summaries of main findings in 2005 are:1. More than 50% Tourists have a participation intention to the club without of the tourists and sport tourists.2. With the villa visitor, it became clear with sports enforcer that participation intention to the Karuizawa community sport club was high in a low person of the satisfaction for sports.On the basis of Karuizawa-cho investigation, it was expected not only the sports club but also a sporting event became an important factor for regional revitalization from as a viewpoint of the sports tourism. Therefore, for the citizens' marathon meet that many tourists called Ishigaki-jima Island and Kawaguchiko participated in, it was clarified that the characteristic of the participant and inspected it about contribution possibility to the regional revitalization (Survey 3 and Survey 4). The summaries of main findings in 2006 are:3. As a result, the tourist of the citizens' marathon conventionalist understood that there were core sport tourists aimed for only marathon participation and extended sport tourists aimed for marathon participation and sightseeing.4. We understood that the extended sport tourists were important for increasing a repeater and the participation of the woman, a point of the economic effect. Therefore it was suggested that it was important that the destination did promotion of charm (a pull factor) as the sightseeing spot effectively

The purpose of this research was to have clarified the employment created by privatizing public sports facilities. It was assumed that this research was ended based on the finding obtained by this, some new subjects are added, and it succeeded to project number 18000213. Therefore, this report is a process of our research.
1. Results on Questionnaire survey execution and making of database
We conducted questionnaire survey for 15,068 facilities which joined Japan Sports Facilities Association (JSFA) in cooperation with JSFA in 2005.
#1 Question items ;
a) Characteristics : facility type, scale, year of construction, Establisher etc.
b) Employment : number of staff, personnel expenses etc.
c) Expenses for consignment contracts
d) Income and expenditure
#2 Results.
i) 2,974 useful questionnaires were returned (return rate is 19.7%)
ii) We are never satisfied with this rate, but it is the first time that such a research was performed and as a result of having been provided this time, it is valuable and we are convinced that it help a future study very much.
iii) And we used Geographic Information System (GIS) Data (2000 Census of Japan),
analyzed geographical convenience environment, peripheral people, a family income, competing facilities and traffic convenience into every facility where there was an answer.
#3 Our Database
Therefore, the database which we made combined an answer of a questionnaire with analysis of GIS. This will help a certain facility when it examines privatization.
2. Results on Interview Research in England
#1 Purpose
Research on privatization case with public sports facilities in London ; we interviewed some managers of facilities, municipal government and researchers on privatization of public sports facilities.
#2 Findings
a) PFI of public sports facilities in England is not advanced too much compared with Japan. The reason is that England facilities are supported by Lottery funding.
b) It was clarified to privatization in England that there was able to be not only private enterprises but also consignment to the non-profit organizations.

J-League (Japan Professional Soccer League) is a big and a challenging project that has never been in Japan, and has relevance to revitalization of Japanese community in future. The purpose of this study was to analyze the influences of J-League on the team's home town and partly compare present results with the research in 1994. The present study brought focus especially into the influences on sport life and community of the team's home town. The data were obtained through questionnaires distributed to their inhabitants, 507 samples in 1997 from one town (Kashima) and 616 samples in 1998 from 4 towns (Ichihara, Kashiwa, Urawa, Shimizu) were collected.The main findings were as follows :1. As a result of comparison 1997 with 1994 in Kshima city, young people showed a decrease of the participating rate and the spectating need in soccer. There were more positive answers of "increase in warm feeling for their town ", "increase in common topics of their family", "increase in pleasure of life "in the influence on individual life. There were more positive answers of "our town has been more famous than before", "increase in common topics among inhabitants", "changing our town image better", "increase a sense of solidarity in our community" in the influence on community.2. As a result of comparison among 5 cities (Kashima in 1997 and 4 cities in 1998), Kashima was greatest influenced by J-League among 5 cities in the most items of influence questionnaires