Unlike the "one town, one distinct- ive product" model typical of community building in Japan, the town of Sanpoku-machi has had the 48 hamlets within the town's jurisdiction each come up with one unique thing about itself that it can focus on as an asset in the local community building movement.
有別於一般社區營造「一地一特產」的方式，日本山北町以「傳統聚落貫穿整合」的型式，打造出一個獨具魅力的聚落生態村。