A microscope system for generating a stitched image by stitching a plurality of component images, comprising: a live image obtainment unit configured to obtain a live image of a sample, the live image obtainment unit comprising a CCD camera generating a non-confocal live image; a component image obtainment unit configured to obtain a component image, the component image obtainment unit including an optics system having a scanning unit for scanning the sample; and a field-of-view moving unit configured to move field of views of the live image obtainment unit and the component image obtainment unit relatively to the sample; a display unit configured to display, in a live image display area, a live image which is the newest image of an area corresponding to a current field of view of the live image obtainment unit and is a live image of the sample obtained by the live image obtainment unit, and to display, in an image display area, an entire area and a position of the area corresponding to the current field of view of the live image obtainment unit in the entire area, wherein the entire area is an area of the sample in which the field of view of the live image obtainment unit moved by the field-of-view moving unit is movable; a recommended area decision unit (140, 152) configured to determine a recommended area from the entire area, wherein the recommended area is an area to be put into an image as the stitched image according to an instruction of a user, wherein the instruction is made using the image display area in which the position of the area corresponding to the current field of view of the live image obtainment unit has been displayed; a component area decision unit (140, 153) configured to determine, as a component area from which the component image is obtained, each of a plurality of areas which are arranged in a form of a grid in the recommended area so that the recommended area determined by the recommended area decision unit (140, 152) is filled, the plurality of areas respectively having a same size as the field of view of the component image obtainment unit and overlapping at least part of the recommended area, and to further determine a component area including an area outside the recommended area determined by the recommended area decision unit (140, 152) from among the plurality of areas arranged in the form of the grid as a band scanning area from which the component image is obtained by scanning a partial rectangular area of the band scanning area with the scanning unit, and to determine, as a scanning range to be scanned with the scanning unit, an area that is a partial rectangular area of the band scanning area and that includes all overlapping portions between the band scanning area and the recommended area; and a stitched image generating unit configured to generate a stitched image by stitching the plurality of component images obtained by the component image obtainment unit from the plurality of component areas determined by the component area decision unit. a live image obtainment unit configured to obtain a live image of a sample, the live image obtainment unit comprising a CCD camera generating a non-confocal live image; a component image obtainment unit configured to obtain a component image, the component image obtainment unit including an optics system having a scanning unit for scanning the sample; and