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T h i s a r t i c l e i s b a s e d o n a n u n p u b l i s h e d p a p e r r e a d a t t h 巴 TokyoI n t e r n a t i o n a l Sympo s i u m 1988 , C e n t e n n i a l A n n i v e r s a r y o f Modern Urban P l a n n i n g L e g i s l a t i o n i n J a p a n , h e l d o n November 9
,1 9 8 8 .
J a p a n , a c o u n t r y t h a t was l a t e i n b e c o m i n g c a p i t a 1 i s t i c , h a s a d o p t e d t h e p o l i c y o fc a t c h ‑ i n g up and o u t s t r i p p i n g ' t h e o t h e r c a p i t a l i s t n a t i o n s i n e v e r y f i e l d , and u r b a n p l a n n i n g h a s b e e n n o e x c e p t i o n t o t h i s p o l i c y . However , i n e a r 1 y y e a r s o f M e i j i , t h e c o n d i t i o n s o f c i t i e s i n J a p a n d i f f e r e d g r e a t 1 y f r o m t h o s e i n Western c o u n t r i e s . The n a t i o n a l and urban s t r u c t u r e s o f J a p a n i n t h e e a r 1 y y e a r s o f M e i j i e x i s t e d a s a d u a l s y s t e m , o n e o f growth and t h e o t h e r o f s t a g n a t i o n and d e c l i n e
,and had many p r o b l e m s t o b e s o l v e d i n c l u d i n g t h e c o n t r a s t b e t w e e n Daimyo m a n s i o n s and M u n e w a r i ‑ n a g a y a ' ( b a c k ‑ t o ‑ b a c k t e n e m e n t h o u s e s ) , unpaved s t r e e t s , d i s a s t r o u s f i r e s
,and c o n t a g i o u s d i s e a s e s s u c h a s c h o l e r a and t y p h o i d . S o l v i n g t h e s e p r o b ‑ l e m s and r e m o d e l i n g t h e e n t i r e a r e a o f Tokyo was beyond p o s s i b i l i t y . Then came t h e i d e a t h a t urban r e m o d e l i n g must b e c o n d u c t e d by l i m i t i n g t o a d e m a r c a t e d s p e c i f i c a r e a and t o a f e w i s s u e s o n which Tokyo s h o u l d c o n c e n t r a t e i t s e n e r g i e s
,a n d p r o m o t e them p o s i t i v e l y a s n a t i o n a l p r o j e c t s . And t h i s become o n e o f t h e c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s i n h e r e n t t o J a p a n e s e urban p l a n n i n g
The a c h i e v e m e n t s o f J a p a n ' s modern urban p l a n n i n g may b e b r i 1 l i a n t . But i t must b e remembered t h a t t h e s e a c h i e v e m e n t s were a t t a i n e d by i m p r o v i n g o n l y t h e i m p o r t a n t a r e a s
,town c e n t e r and s u b ‑ c e n t e r s s u c h a s Marunouchi and S h i n j u k u
,r e p e a t e d l y
,and l e a v i n g t h e d i f f i c u l t t a s k s b e h i n d o r c r e a t i n g new l o w ‑ s t a n d a r d urban a r e a s s u c h a s Moku
・c h i nz o n e ' t o b e i m p r o v e d . I n t h i s way , t h e d u a l s t r u c t u r e s f o r u r b a n a r e a s r e m a i n u n a l t e r e d , t h o u g h d i f f e r e n t i n t h e i r e v e r ‑ c h a n g i n g f o r m s . We may t e r m t h i s p r o c e d u r e a s e v e r r e c u r r i n g urban d u a l s t r u c t u r e s '
Now we must r e c o n s i d e r t h e c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s o f J a p a n e s e urban p l a n n i n g and r e e x a m i n e t h e p r o s p e r o u s a s p e c t s o f e c o n o m i c and c u l t u r a l v i t a l i t y o f t h e e v e r growing M e t r o p o l i s ;
* C e n t e r f o r U r b a n S t u d i e s
,T o k y o M e t r o p o l i t a n U n i v e r s i t y
5
T o k y o . Moreover
,we must c l a r i f y many p r o b l e m s b e h i n d t h e p r o s p e r i t y and p r o b l e m s which c o u l d e v o l v e i n t h e n e a r f u t u r e
,and p r o p o s e t h e m e a s u r e s t o manage s u s t a i n a b l e m e t r o p o l i t a n g r o w t h .
I n t r o d u c t i o n :
Headed by Tomomi Iwakura
,t h e J a p a n e s e m i s s i o n t o Western c o u n t r i e s a r r i v e d i n P a r i s on Decem‑
b e r 16
,1872
,a f t e r v i s i t i n g E n g l a n d . P a r i s a t t h a t t i m e had o n l y r e c e n t 1 y c h a n g e d i t s a p p e a r a n c e t h r o u g h a g r e a t r e n o v a t i o n c o n d u c t e d by N a p o l e o n I I I and G . E . Haussmann. A l t h o u g h t h e C i t y o f P a r i s s t i l l r e m a i n e d i n s l i g h t c o n f u s i o n a f t e r t h e Commune o f P a r i s
,i t was m a g n i f i c e n t enough t o s u r p r i s e t h e members o f m i s s i o n who j o u r n e y e d a l l t h e way f r o m J a p a n . Every member o f t h e e n t o u r a g e
,i n c l u d i n g ambassador e x t r a o r d i n a r y and p l e n i p o t e n t i a r y Iwakura , f u l l y r 巴 a l i z e da b i g d i f f e r e n c e i n c i t y q u a l i t y f r o m t h e c o n d i t i o n s o f J a p a n i n t h o s e d a y s . The J a p a n e s e m i s s i o n members had h e a r d t h a t u n t i l 100 y e a r s b e f o r e t h e i r v i s i t
,P a r i s had b e e n a c o n f u s i n g community w i t h narrow r o a d s and s t o r e s and h o u s e s mixed up i n c o m p l e t e d i s o r d e r [Kume , 1878 , Iwanami‑bunko e d , Vo . l 3 : 4 3 . 5 3 ] . Through t h i s i n f o r m a t i o n and s e e i n g t h i s grand c i t y a l l a r o u n d them
,t h e y q u i c k l y r e c o g n i z e d t h e n e c e s s i t y o f urban r e n o v a t i o n i n J a p a n . They a p p a r e n t 1 y a l s o f e l t i t was t h e i r r e s p o n s i b i l i t y t o make i t p o s s i b l e .
For more t h a n 100 y e a r s s i n c e t h e n
,P a r i s a n d London
,and o t h e r European and American c i t i e s h a v e c o n s t a n t l y b e e n a t a r g e t i m a g e f o r J a p a n e s e urban p l a n n e r s
,and t h e i r urban p l a n n i n g and urban p l a n n i n g t e c h n o l o g y h a s a l s o b e e n a n example t o f o l l o w [ 2 ] .
J a p a n , a coun t 1 y t h a t was l a t e i n becoming c a p i t a l i s t i c , h a s a d o p t e d t h e p o l i c y o f c a t c h i n g up and o u t s t r i p p i n g ' t h e o t h e r c a p i t a l i s t n a t i o n s i n e v e r y f i e l d . Urban p l a n n i n g h a s b e e n no e x c e p t i o n t o t h i s p o l i c y . T h i s f i r s t c o n t a c t w i t h European and American c i t i e s and t h e i r methods o f urban p l a n n i n g and d e v e l o p m e n t h a s t o t h i s day s t r o n g l y i n f l u e n c e d t h e c h a r a c t e r o f J a p a n ' s urban p l a n n i n g
,g r e a t l y i n f l u e n c . i n g b o t h s u c c e s s f u l r e s u l t s and i s s u e s s t i l l t o b e r e s o l v e d [ 3 ]
P r i o r i t y Given t o t h e P o s s i b i l i t y o f I m p l e m e n t a t i o n :
I n t h e e a r l y y e a r s o f M e i j i . t h e c o n d i t i o n s o f c i t i e s i n Western c o u n t r i e s d i f f e r e d g r e a t 1 y from t h o s e i n J a p a n . The r e c o r d o f t h e Iwakura m i s s i o n t o America and Europe [Kume
,1 8 7 8 ] r e p e a t e d l y d e s c r i b e s t h e d e v e l o p m e n t o f s t r e e t s
,e s p e c i a l l y pavement o f s t r e e t s . B e c a u s e s t r e e t s i n J a p a n a t t h a t t i m e were n a r r o w . unpaved
,and had no s i d e w a l k s . Even i n Tokyo
,t h e y b 巴 camea s muddy a s paddy f i e l d s o r r o u g h and dry enough t o r a i s e a c o u l d o f d u s t ‑d e p e n d i n g on t h e w e a t h e r ‑ making i t e x t r e m e l y d i f f i c u l t f o r a l l v e h i c l e s . But s t r e 巴 t si n l a r g e European and American c i t i e s were c o m p l e t e l y paved , a l l o w i n g a c o n ‑ s t a n t
,smooth s t r e a m o f t r a f f i c . The J a p a n e s e m i s s i o n members r e a l i z e d t h a t r o a d d e v e l o p m e n t would b e o f supreme i m p o r t a n c e t o s u p p o r t urban p r o s p e r i t y and t h u s t h e e c o n o m i c growth o f any c o u n t r y [Kume
,1878 , Iwanami‑bunko e d , Vo l . 1 : 1 9 5 ‑ 1 9 9 ] . However , t o widen and pave a l l t h e s t r e e t s i n Tokyo , which were s a i d t o t o t a l 800 k i l o m e t e r s
,was i n c o n c e i v a b l e a t t h a t t i m e .
A r e c o n s t r u c t i o n p r o j e c t a f t e r a d i s a s t r o u s f i r e i n 1872 began w i t h t h e p o l i c y t h a t Tokyo would be
t o t a l l y r e b u i l t w i t h b r i c k h o u s e s and b u i l d i n g s
,which would h e l p p r o t e c t i t a g a i n s t f r e q u e n t b i g f i r e
I S H I D A : A c h i e v e m e n t s & P r o b l e m s o f ] a p a n e s e P l a n n i n g 7 T h i s p r o j e c t
,however
,was d i s c o n t i n u e d a f t e r c o n s t r u c t i n g o n l y t h e G i n z a b r i c k s t r e e t a r e a . C l e a r l y
,r e m o d e l i n g t h e e n t i r e a r e a o f Tokyo was beyond p o s s i b i l i t y [ F u j i m o r i
,1 9 8 2 : 1 ‑ 4 4 1
Then came t h e i d e a t h a t u r b a n r e m o d e l i n g must b e c o n d u c t e d by l i m i t i n g t o a d e m a r c a t e d s p e c i f i c a r e a a n d t o a few i s s u e s o n w h i c h Tokyo s h o u l d c o n c e n t r a t e i t s e n ε r g i e s . I n 1880 , M i c h i y u k i Matsuda , t h e t h e n Governor o f Tokyo
,c i r c u l a t e d a memorandum e n t i t l e d T o k y o C h u o u . S h i 陶 Ka 抑 制 n oMondai ( T h e I s s u e o f D e m a r c a t i o n and Improvement o f t h e C e n t r a l D i s t r i c t o f T o k y o ) . " T h i s document e x p r e s s e d a c o n c e p t t h a t t h e v e r y c o r e o f Tokyo s h o u l d b e i m m e d i a t e l y d e m a r c a t e d a s t h e c e n t r a l d i s t r i c t on which u r b a n r e m o d e l i n g e f f o r t s must b e c o n c e n t r a t e d t o r e a l i z e a n u r b a n a r e a e q u i v a l e n t t o European and American c i t i e s . To a c h i e v e t h i s , i t was e v e n i n s i s t e d t h a t t h e p o o r and shabby d w e l l i n g s , ' U r a . N a g a y a ' ( r e a r t e n e m e n t h o u s e s ) s h o u l d b e e x p e l l e d f r o m t h e Tokyo c e n t r a l d i s t r i c t . T h i s i n s i s t e n c e was t h e p r i m ‑ a r y s u b j e c t o f e n t h u s i a s t i c a r g u m e n t s on t h e Tokyo u r b a n improvement p r o j e c t t h e n u n d e r way [ I s h i d a
,1 9 7 9 1 .
Thus , u r b a n improvement p l a n n i n g b e g a n w i t h what was p o s s i b l e by g i v i n g p r i o r i t y t o i m p o r t a n t t a s k s
,p r o m o t i n g them p o s i t i v e l y a s n a t i o n a l p r o j e c t s f o r t h e r a p i d p r o g r e s s o f J a p a n ' s c a p i t a l i s m
,which was t h e n s e v e r e l y b e h i n d t h e Western n a t i o n s . And t h i s become o n e o f t h e c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s i n h e r e n t t o J a p a n e s e urban p l a n n i n g .
The t a s k s t h a t n e e d s t o b e a c h i e v e d t o h e l p f u r t h e r t h e r a p i d p r o g r e s s o f J a p a n e s e c a p i t a l i s m i n c l u d e d t h e c r e a t i o n o f heavy and c h e m i c a l i n d u s t r i a l z o n e s t o s u p p o r t t h e p r o g r e s s o f t h e n a t i o n ' s c a p i . t a l i s t i c e c o n o m y . A l s o i n c l u d e d was t h e d e v e l o p m e n t o f a b i g c i t y
,n o t a b l y Tokyo
,a s J a p a n ' s p o l i t i c a l and e c o n o m i c c e n t e r a n d t h e d e v e l o p m e n t o f i t s c e n t r a l b u s i n e s s and c o m m e r c i a l d i s t r i c t . .
Dual Urban S t r u c t u r e i n Many A s p e c t s :
The n a t i o n a l and u r b a n a r e a s t r u c t u r e s o f J a p a n i n t h e e a r l y y e a r s o f M e i j i e x i s t e d a s a d u a l s y s t e m : o n e o f growth and t h e o t h e r o f s t a g n a t i o n and d e c l i n e . These c o n t r a d i c t i o n s were m o s t o b v i o u s i n p o l i t i c a l
,e c o n o m i c
,and s o c i a l c o n f l i c t s s u c h a s t h o s e b e t w e e n c e n t r a l and p r o v i n c i a l a r e a s
,r u l e r s and s u b j e c t s
,and r i c h and p o o r which r e f l e c t e d d e e p r o o t s i n many y 聞い fhdalisHI
A l t h o u g h f e u d a l i s t i c , however , t h e Edo p e r i o d s ( 1 6 1 ! } L 1867) had b e e n c h a r a c t e r i z e d by p o l i t i c a l and e c o n o m i c s y s t e m s t h a t f u n c t i o n e d u n d e r t h e p o w e r f n l c e
Jlt r a l i z a t i o n o f / t h e s h o g u n a t e form o f governmen t .
/
T h i s a l l o w e d Edo , which was renamed Tokyo i n 1868 ,
~ogrQw i n t o a n enormous c i t y w i t h a p o p u l a t i o n o f more t h a n o n e m i l l i o n and t h r i v e a s t h e p o l i t i c a l
,e c o / n o m i c
,and c u l t u r a l c e n t e r o f J a p a n . I n c o n t r a s t t o t h e p r o v i n c e s
,which were b a s e d o n t h e a g r i c u l t u r a l
,f o r e s t and f i s h i n g i n d u s t r i e s
,Edo was t h e c a p i t a l c i t y and had t h e f u n c t i o n s o f a u n i p o l a r c e n t r a l i z a t i o n . T h i s was t h e n a t i o n a l l e v e l a s p e c t o f d u a l s t r u c . t u r e .
The u r b a n s t r u c t u r e o f Edo was b i a s e d and a l s o showed d u a l s t r u c t u r e : 70% o f t h e u r b a n a r e a
,' B u k e . c h i ' was o c c u p i e d by daimyo and s a m u r a i and o n l y 15%
,M a c h i . c h i ' by t o w n s p e o p l e and t h e
r e m a i n d e r c o n s i s t e d o f t e m p l e s and s h r i n e s . An a l m o s t e v e n p o p u l a t i o n
,a b o u t 500
,000 p e o p l e
,l i v e d i n
b o t h o f B u k e . c h i and M a c h i . c h i . Showing v e r y h i g h d e n s i t y , a p p r o x i m a t e l y 600 p e r s o n s p e r h e c t a r e , t h e
M a c h i . c h i ( r e s i d e n t i a l a r e a o f t o w n s p e o p l e ) , was v a s t l y o v e r p o p u l a t e d w i t h many wooden 1 o r 2 . s t o r y
h o u s e s . I n c o n t r a s t
,t h e daimyo o r f e u d a l l o r d s
,owned s e v e r a l l a r g e m a n s i o n s ; K a m i . y a s h i k i ' ( m a i n r e s i .
d e n c e and o f f i c e )
,Naka
・y a s h i k i '( s u b r e s i d e n c e )
,and S h i m o . y a s h i k i ' ( v i l l a )
,t h r o u g h o u t t h e c i t y o f Edo
P r o p o s e d T o k y o C e n t r a l D i s t r i c t ( 1 8 8 0 ) Ward A r e a o f T o k y o ( 1 8 7 0 s )
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r...F i g ‑ 1 Tokyo C e n t r a l D i s t r i c t proposed i n 1 8 8 0
T h i s was o n e a s p e c t o f d u a l s t r u c t u r e i n E d o .
Furthermore , t h e M a c h i ‑ c h i , t o w n s p e o p l e a r e a , c o n s i s t e d o f s q u a r e s u p e r b l o c k s t h a t were a p p r o x ‑ i m a t e l y 100 m e t e r s by 100 m e t e r s i n s i z e
,and e a c h b l o c k was d i v i d e d i n t o t h e O m o t e ‑ c h i ' ( f r o n t a l l o t s ) and t h e ' U r a ‑ c h i ' ( r e a r l o t s ) . The O m o t e ‑ c h i , d e p t h o f which were a b o u t 9 m e t e r s , were o c c u p i 巴 dby p r o s p e r o u s m e r c h a n t s and t h e i r s t o r e s , and t h e U r a ‑ c h i , which c o u l d n o t f a c e t h e s t r e e t , were c l u s t e r e d w i t h U r a ‑ n a g a y a ' ( l o w ‑ q u a l i t y and u l t r a h i g h d e n s i t y r e a r t e n e m e n t h o u s e s ) f o r t h e p o o r , t h e a r t i s a n s , and t h e day l a b o u r e r s
,jammed i n t o t h e i r s q u a l i d q u a r t e r s a t t h e r a t e o f 1000 o r more p e r s o n s p e r h e c t a r e . T h i s was a n o t h e r a s p e c t o f d u a l s t r u c t u r e i n Edo [ T a m a i
,1 9 8 6 1 .
I n f e u d a l a g e
,a s m e n t i o n e d a b o v e
,t h e d u a l s t r u c t u r e s were b e i n g f o u n d i n many l e v e l s ; t h e n a t i o n a l l e v e l d u a l s t r u c t u r e between t h e enormous c i t y o f Edo and t h e p r o v i n c e s
,t h e urban l e v e l d u a l s t r u c t u r e b e t w e e n t h e B u k e ‑ c h i f o r t h e s a m u r a i and t h e M a c h i ‑ c h i f o r t h e t o w n s p e o p l e
,and t h e r e s i d e n t i a l l e v e l d u a l s t r u c t u r e b e t w e e n t h e O m o t e ‑ c h i f o r m i d d l e and u p p e r ‑ c l a s s and t h e U r a ‑ c h i f o r t h e p o o r . And t h e s e m u l t i ‑ l e v e l d u a l s t r u c t u r e s were i n h e r i t e d by t h e e a r l y y e a r s o f M e i j i
Dual S t r u c t u r e s Remaining up t o Now i n a D i f f e r e n t Form:
I t h a s b e e n more t h a n 120 y e a r s s i n c e J a p a n ' s m o d e r n i z a t i o n b e g a n w i t h t h e M e i j i R e s t o r a t i o n
( 1 8 6 8 ) and o v e r 100 y e a r s s i n c e an urban p l a n n i n g s y s t e m was e s t a b ! i s h e d by t h e Tokyo Urban
Improvement O r d i n a n c e ( 1 8 8 8 ) . But
,h a v e t h e d u a l s t r u c t u r e s o f n a t i o n a l and urban a r e a b e e n d i s s o l v e d ?
C e r t a i n l y , u r b a n p r o b l e m s f a c i n g Tokyo 100 y e a r s a g o , i n c l u d i n g t h e c o n t r a s t b e t w e e n Daimyo m a n s i o n s
and K u s h a k u ‑ n i k e n no M u n e w a r i ‑ n a g a y a ' ( 2 . 7 m by 3.6m back t o b a c k t e n e m e n t h o u s e s )
,unpaved s t r e e t s
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,and c o n t a g i o u s d i s e a s e s
s u c h a s c h o l e r a and t y p h o i d
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F i g ‑ 2 Land Use o f Tokyo i n 1 8 7 0 s ( l s h i z u k a , 1 9 6 8 )
and a t t r a c t i v e c i t y and s e r v e a s a g l o b a l e c o n o m i c . f i n a n c i a l
,and i n f o r m a t i o n c e n t e r . Although i t has t w i c e s u f f e r e d heavy damage during t h e p a s t 100 y e a r s ‑ f i r s t by t h e Great Kanto Earthqrake o f 1923.
t h e n by a i r r a i d s i n World War I I ‑ no d i s c e r n i b l e i n d i c a t i o n s o f t h i s damege remain t o d a y .
The c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s i n c l u d e d i n t h e f i r s t J a p a n e s e urban p l a n n i n g programme back i n 1880s remain
c o m p l e t e l y i n t a c t t o d a y . l n o t h e r words
,t h e method f o r d e m a r c a t i n g d i s t r i c t s and l i m i t i n g t h e t a s k s and o b j e c t i v e s a c h i e v a b l e i n t h e s h o r t t e r m a n d p r o m o t i n g them p o s i t i v e l y a s n a t i o n a l p r o j e c t s h a v e b e e n a p p l i e d t o r a p i d p r o g r e s s o f urban r e n o v a t i o n . C o n s e q u e n t l y
,midtown a r e a s a n d s u b ‑ c e n t e r s o f Tokyo have b e e n r e p e a t e d l y improved d u r i n g t h e p r o g r e s s o f urban r e n o v a t i o n
,and t h i s h a s a c h i e v e d s u c c e s s f u l r e s u l t . On t h e o t h e r hand
,however
,b e l a t e d and i n s u f f i c i e n t urban p l a n n i n g h a s g i v e n r i s e t o new urban p r o b l e m s and l o w ‑ s t a n d a r d urban a r e a s . For example
,a n a r e a c l u s t e r e d w i t h s o c a l l e d m o k u ‑ c h i n "
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,巴a l o o p urban r a i l r o a d
,was f o r m u l a t e d i n t h e y e a r s a r o u n d t h e e n a c t m e n t o f t h e 1919 Town P l a n n i n g A c t
,b e c a u s e o f d e l a y s i n a p p l y i n g t h e t e c h n i q u e s o f urban p l a n n i n g f o r c o n t r o l 1 i n g u r b a n e x p a n s i o n t o r a p i d l y a d v a n c i n g u r b a n i z a t i o n . Today
,n e a r l y 70 y e a r s l a t e r
,t h e p r o b l e m s o f t h i s a r e a s h a v e r e m a i n e d u n s o l v e d
,becoming more c o m p l i c a t e d and s e r i o u s a s t h e y e a r s p a s s . l n t h i s way
,t h e d u a l s t r u c t u r e s f o r urban a r e a s r e m a i n u n a l t e r e d
,t h o u g h d i f f e r e n t i n t h e i r e v e r ‑ c h a n g i n g f o r m s .
The p r o b l e m o f u n i p o l a r c e n t r a l i z a t i o n o f Tokyo
,which i s t h e most i m p o r t a n t t a s k t o b e s o l v e d by t o d a y ' s n a t i o n a l d e v e l o p m e n t p l a n n i n g
,i s t h e i n h e r i t e d problem
,t h o u g h i n a d i f f
巴r e n tf o r m
,f r o m t h e d u a l s t r u c t u r e i n f e u d a l a g e ; b e t w e e n t h e enormous c i t y o f Edo and t h e p r o v i n c e s .
The a c h i e v e m e n t s o f J a p a n ' s modern urban p l a n n i n g may b e b r i l l i a n t . B u t i t must b e remembered t h a t t h e s e a c h i e v e m e n t s were a t t a i n e d by i m p r o v i n g o n l y t h e p e a k s
,t h e town c e n t e r and s u b ‑ c e n t e r s
,r e p e a t e d l y
,and l e a v i n g t h e d i f f i c u l t t a s k s b e h i n d o r c r e a t e d new i s s u e s t o b e s o l v e d .
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Marunouchi
The midtown and s u b ‑ c e n t e r a r e a s o f Tokyo h a v e b e e n r e p e a t e d l y improved s i n c e t h e M e i j i R e s t o r a t i o n . Taking t h e Marunouchi d i s t r i c t f o r example
,where
,a i m i n g a t t h e 2 1 s t c e n t u r y ' s CBD
,t h e h i g h ‑ d e n s i t y r e d e v e l o p m e n t p l a n o f 2000% f l o o r / p l o t a r e a r a t i o was p r o p o s e d r e c e n t l y [ M i t s u b i s h i J i s h o C o . L t d
,1988 , ] t h e a u t h o r i n t e n d t o d i s c u s s how t h e midtown a r e a h a s r e p e a t e d l y b e e n improved and h a s a c q u i r e d i t s s u p e r b c o n d i t i o n s f o r t h e CBD
T h i s d i s t r i c t was improved d u r i n g t h e Edo p e r i o d f o r K a m i ‑ y a s h i k i f o r p o w e r f u l daimyos a n d u s e d n o t o n l y f o r t h e i r r e s i d e n c e s
,b u t a l s o f o r what t o d a y we would c a l l o f f i c e s . A f t e r t h e M e i j i R e s t o r a t i o n
,t h e government r e q u i s i t i o n e d t h e d i s t r i c t f o r u s e a s m i l i t a r y a r e a
,a n d i n 1890
,i t was s o l d t o t h e M i t s u ‑ b i s h i Company
,marking a m a j o r s t e p toward t h e c o m p a n y ' s 巴 s t a b l i s h m e n to f a b u s i n e s s c e n t e r i n Tokyo Of c h i e f s i g n i f i c a n c e i s t h a t t h e E s t a t e D i v i s i o n o f t h e M i t s u b i s h i Company
,t h e p r e s e n t ‑ d a y M i t s u b i s h i J i s h o C o . L t d .
,a s t h e d i s t r i c
t's s i n g l e landowner r e p e a t e d l y i n v e s t e d i n t h e c o n s t r u c t i o n o f b u i l d i n g s
,and modern s u p e r b l o c k s t h u s e v o l v e d a c c o r d i n g t o t h e Tokyo Urban lmprovement P l a n d e c i d e d o n i n 1 8 8 9 . No r e c o n s t r u c t i o n p r o j e c t s were i m p l e m e n t e d i n t h e Marunouchi d i s t r i c t f o l l o w i n g t h e G r e a t Kanto E a r t h ‑ quake o f 1923
,m a i n l y b e c a u s e t h i s d i s t r i c t had s u f f 巴 r e da l m o s t no d a m a g e . However
,r e c o n s t r u c t i o n p r o j e c t s i n t h e damaged s u r r o u n d i n g a r e a
,improved t h e r o a d s y s t e m and t r a n s p o r t a t i o n f a c i l i t i e s c o n n e c t i n g t h e d i s t r i c t w i t h t h e r e s t o f t h e c i t y
,a n d h e l p e d t o e n h a n c e t h e s t a t u s o f t h e Marunouchi d i s t r i c t .
What made M a r u n o u c h i ' s p o s i t i o n u n s h a k a b l e a s t h e b u s i n e s s c e n t e r was t h e c o n c e n t r a t e d i m p r o v e
ment o f t r a n s p o r t f a c i l i t i e s a t a l l l e v e l s : w i t h i n t h e c i t y
,between c i t i e s
,and t h r o u g h o u t t h e e n t i r e n a t i o n .
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&P r o b l e m s o f J a p a n e s e P l a n n i n g
11B e g i n n i n g w i t h t h e e s t a b l i s h m e n t o f Tokyo S t a t i o n i n 1914 , t h e s e t r a n s p o r t f a c i l i t i e s have b e e n r e p e a t e d l y improved
,r e s u l t i n g i n what t o d a y i s an e x t e n s i v e r a i l w a y network c e n t e r i n g on Tokyo S t a t i o n ( a c o m p l e x o f o n e ground l e v e l s t a t i o n and two underground l e v e l s t a t i o n s ) . N a t i o n w i d e t r u n k l i n e s i n c l u d e t h e Tokaido
,Tohoku and J o e t s u S h i n k a n s e n b u l l e t t r a i n l i n e s and t h e c o n v e n t i o n a l Tokaido t r u n k l i n e . M e d i u m . d i s t a n c e t r a n s p o r t f a c i l i t i e s w i t h i n t h e m e t r o p o l i t a n a r e a i n c l u d e t h e Tokaido l o c a l
,Yokosuka
,Sobu
,K e i y o r a i l w a y l i n e s
,and suburban commuter l i n e s i n c l u d e t h e Chuou a n d K e i h i n ‑ t o h o k u l i n e s . There i s a l s o t h e Yamate l i n e
,which e n c i r c l e s t h e Tokyo ward a r e a i n a b r o a d l o o p c o n n e c t i n g main s u b ‑ c e n t e r s . I n and around t h e Marunouchi d i s t r i c t t h e r e a r e 7 subway l i n e s r o u t s and 6 o f which a r e d i r e c t l y l i n k e d w i t h suburban r a i l w a y s and c o n d u c t m u t u a l t h r o u g h ‑ o p e r a t i o n s [ H i r o s e
,1 9 8 8 1 .
The M e i j i R e s t o r a t i o n changed t h e Marunouchi d i s t r i c t from a a r e a o f daimyo m a n s i o n s t o m i l i t a r y f a c i l i t i e s . H e n c e f o r t h urban r e n o v a t i o n p r o j e c t s , a l o n g w i t h r e p e a t e d improvement i n t r a n s p o r t f a c i l i t i e s , h a v e s u c c e s s i v e l y c o n v e r t e d t h e a r e a t o b r i c k s t r e e t commonly known a s One S t r e e t London
,"t h r o u g h a modern American s t y l e o f f i c e b u i l d i n g a r e a , a n d t h e n t o a w o r l d ‑ f a m o u s CBD. The Marunouchi o f t o d a y i s a t e e m i n g urban c e n t e r o f busy s t r e e t s c o n n e c t i n g row upon row o f h i g h f l o o r l p l o t a r e a r a t i o o f f i c e b u i l d i n g s
S i m i l a r l y
,t h e G i n z a d i s t r i c t
,T o k y o ' s midtown c o m m e r c i a l c e n t e r
,h a s s i n c e 1872 b e e n r e p e a t e d l y i m p r o v e d by c o n s t r u c t i o n p r o j e c t s t h a t i n c l u d e d t h e b r i c k b u i l d i n g s t r e e t s p r o j e c t
,and by t h e r e c o n s t r u c ‑ t i o n p r o j e c t a f t e r t h e G r e a t Earthquake o f 1923. T r a n s p o r t a t i o n h a s a l s o b e e n i m m e n s e l y i m p r o v e d : f r o m s t a g e c o a c h t o h o r s e tramway and s t r e e t c a r
,and now t o d a y ' s e x t e n s i v e subway network t h a t i s b e i n g e x p a n d e d .
S h i n j u k u Sub‑center
R e g a r d i n g t h e S h i n j u k u s u b ‑ c e n t e r o f Tokyo
,which was c a l l e d N a i t o ‑ s h i n j u k u d u r i n g t h e Edo p e r i o d
,i t t h r i v e d a s a Shukuba‑machi , a p o s t town a l o n g t h e K o s h u ‑ k a i d o Road , and a l s o a s an amusement quar
・t e r on t h e o u t s k i r t s o f E d o . When t h e Yamate r a i l w a y l i n e was opened by t h e Nihon Tetsudo R a i l w a y Co
i n 1885 , t h e s t a t i o n was e s t a b l i s h e d i n N a i t o ‑ s h i n j u k u . With t h i s s t a t i o n a s t h e t e r m i n a l , suburban
p r i v a t e r a i l w a y l i n e s s u c h a s t h e S e i b u ‑ K i d o u
,K e i o
,and Odakyu l i n e s were c o n s t r u c t e d from t h e 1910s
,p r o v i d i n g a b a s i s f o r t h i s d
F i n a n c e i n t h e r e a r s i d e o f t h e S h i n j u k u S t a t i o n ( t o d a y ' s West e x i t ) was d e v e l o p e d i n t o a s t a t i o n ‑ f r o n t p l a z a . At t h e same t i m e , l a n d r e a d j u s t m e n t p r o j e c t were i m p l e m e n t e d t o c r e a t e b l o c k s f o r t h e c o n s t r u c t i o n o f m u l t i ‑ s t o r y b u i l d i n g s t h r o u g h e x c e s s i v e c o n d e m n a t i o n o f s u r r o u n d i n g l a n d . The l a n d r e a d j u s t e d u n d e r t h e p r o j e c t had a minimum h e i g h t r e g u l a t i o n on b u i l d i n g s
,and t e n d e r s were r e c e i v e d on t h e c o n d i t i o n t h a t c o n s t r u c t i o n s h o u l d b e s t a r t e d w i t h i n t h r e e y e a r s . T h i s p r o j e c t was b a s e d on t h e t e c h n i q u e o f l a n d r e a d j u s t m e n t f o r s i t e i m p r o v e m e n t " t h r o u g h e x c e s s i v e c o n d e m n a t i o n s t i p u l a t e d f o r i n t h e 1919 Town P l a n n i n g Act
,which had b e e n i m p l e m e n t e d i n o n l y t h r e e c a s e s u n t i l t h e c l a u s e s f o r t h e t e c h n i q u e was r e p e a l e d i n 1954 [ S u z u k i , 1 9 8 8 1 .
For t h e a r e a b e t w e e n t h e s i t e improvement l a n d r e a d j u s t m e n t a r e a and t h e Y o d o b a s h i w a t e r p u r i f i c a ‑ t i o n p l a n t (now t h e S h i n j u k u s u b ‑ c e n t e r ) , t h e p l a n f o r an o r d i n a l y l a n d r e a d j u s t m e n t p r o j e c t was d e t e r mined i n 1936
目The main p r o j e c t o f war damage r e h a b i l i t a t i o n town p l a n n i n g a f t e r t h e World War I I i n t h e S h i n j u k u d i s t r i c t was t h e l a n d r e a d j u s t m e n t p r o j e c t f o r t h e s u r r o u n d i n g a r e a o f t h e S h i n j u k u S t a t i o n
,a t o t a l a r e a o f 44 h e c t a r e s
,i n c l u d i n g b o t h o f t h e N i s h i g u c h i ( 羽
Te s t e x i t ) a n d H i g a s h i g u c h i ( E a s t e x i t ) a r e a . T h i s was
F i g ‑ 3 S t r e e t P a t t e r n o f S h i n j u k u
( S h o w i n g c o n t r a s t between s u b ‑ c e n t e r a r e a and o t h e r s )
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&P r o b l e m s o f J a p a n e s e P l a n n i n g 1 3 t h u s t h e s e c o n d improvement p r o j e c t f o r t h e S h i n j u k u N i s h i g u c h i (West e x i t ) a r e a . 1 n t h e war r e h a b i l i t a t i o n l a n d r e a d j u s t m e n t p r o j e c t i n t h e N i s h i g u c h i , i t was c u r i o u s t h a t t h e a r e a o f s t a t i o n f r o n t p l a z a was o n c e r e d u c e d t o a b o u t two t h i r d o f p r e v i o u s a r e a and r e c o v e r e d a g a i n by l a n d r e a d j u s t m e n t p r o j e c t . The r e d u c e d o n e t h i r d o f p r e v i o u s p l a z a a r e a was c o n v e r t e d i n t o t h e s i t e o f t h e s t a t i o n b u i l d i n g ( t o d a y ' s Odakyu d e p a r t m e n t s t o r e ) .
R e g a r d i n g t h e S h i n j u k u s u b ‑ c e n t e r t o d a y
,l a n d u t i l i z a t i o n i s u n d e n i a b l y t o o h i g h i n d e n s i t y
,1 . 7 t o 1 . 8 t i m e s t h e o r i g i n a l p l a n n e d f ! o o r / p l o t a r e a r a t i o [Yamada & S u z u k i 1 9 8 9 1 . However , t h i s c a n b e c o n s i ‑ d e r e d a s u c c e s s f u l c a s e o f J a p a n ' s modern urban p l a n n i n g and n o t s u f f e r i n g by c o m p a r i s o n w i t h t h a t o f Western c o u n t r i e s . R e p e a t e d urban p l a n n i n g p r o j e c t s e x e c u t e d f o r t h e S h i n j u k u d i s t r i c t , and t h e c o n s t r u c ‑ t i o n o f t r a n s p o r t f a c i l i t i e s t h a t b e g a n w i t h t h e o p e n i n g o f S h i n j u k u S t a t i o n by t h e Nihon Tetsudo C o .
,p r o v i d e d t h e b a s i s o f t h e S h i n j u k u ' s developmen t . Now i n t h e S h i n j u k u N i s h i g u c h i d i s t r i c t
,where t h e new o f f i c e b u i l d i n g s o f t h e Tokyo M e t r o p o l i t a n Government o p e n e d r e c e n t l y
,t h e n e e d t o i m p r o v e i n f r a s t r u c t u r e , s u c h a s s t a t i o n f r o n t p l a z a , a c c e s s r o a d t o t h e s u b ‑ c e n t e r d i s t r i c t and new subway l i n e N o . 12 i s k e e n l y f e l t
1 t must b e remembered t h a t a l l t h e s e town p l a n n i n g p r o j e c t s e x e c u t e d by t h e p u b l i c c r e a t e d h i g h d e v e l o p m e n t p o t e n t i a l f o r t h e d i s t r i c t and p r o v i d e d i n f ! a t e d d e v e l o p m e n t p r o f i t s f o r l a n d owners o f t h e d i s t r i c t . However
,t h e b e t t e r m e n t l e v y s y s t e m i n J a p a n h a s b e e n i n s u f f i c i e n t t o r e c o u p f u n d s which h a v e b e e n i n v e s t e d by t h e p u b l i c t o i m p r o v e t h e i n f r a s r u c t u r e s f o r t h e d i s t r i c t .
The S u c c e s s f u l Aspect o f J a p a n ' s Modern Urban P l a n n i n g :
The midtown d i s t r i c t s , s u c h a s Marunouchi , G i n z a , K a s u m i g a s e k i , and Ohtemachi , t h e s u b ‑ c e n t e r d i s t r i c t s , s u c h a s S h i n j u k u , Shibuya , and 1 k e b u k u r o , and t h e i n f r a s t r u c t u r e s s u p p o r t i n g a l l t h e s e d i s t r i c t s h a v e b e e n improved t o k e e p p a c e w i t h e n h a n c e d i n t e r n a t i o n a l p o s i t i o n o f J a p a n and Tokyo
,o r e v e n more r a p i d l y t h a n t h a t p a c e . Having f i l l e d t h e g r e a t gap i n q u a l i t y b e t w e e n Tokyo and Western c i t i e s o f 100 y e a r s a g o
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The i n f r a s t r u c t u r e s c u r r e n t l y s u p p o r t i n g t h e d e v e l o p m e n t o f t h e s e a r e a s a r e by n o means s u f f i c i e n t f o r u r b a n a c t i v i t i e s . For e x a m p l e m e t r o p o l i t a n expressways a r e jammed d a i l y , and s o a r e t h e o r d i n a r y r o a d s i n T o k y o . A l t h o u g h t h e number o f a u t o m o b i l e s h a s c o n t i n u e d t o i n c r e a s e t h i s d e c a d e
,r o a d i m p r o v e ment and e n l a r g e m e n t o f p a r k i n g s p a c e h a s become more d i f f i c u l t b e c a u s e o f f i n a n c i a l p r o b l e m s i n b o t h t h e c e n t r a l and l o c a l g o v e r m e n t s and b e c a u s e o f s o a r i n g l a n d p r i c e s . As a r e s u l t
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I n 1973
,s e v e r a l s e r i o u s i n c i d e n t s o c c u r r e d o v e r t h e urban problems o f T o k y o ; t h e R i o t a t Ageo S t a t i o n ' by a n g e r e d c o m m u t e r s ; Garbage War' between Koto Ward and S u g i n a m i Ward; d i r e c t l e g i s l a t i v e movement o f S u n s h i n e R e g u l a t i o n s ' . I n t h e same y e a r
,t h e Economic P l a n n i n g Agency p u b l i s h e d t h e I n t e r i m Checks on S h i n Z e n ‑ s o ( t h e 2nd Comprehensive N a t i o n a l Development P l a n ) " t h a t c a n d i d l y p o i n t s o u t l i m i t s o f a n enormous c i t y : T o k y o . T h i s argument r e s u l t e d from c o n s i d e r a t i o n o f t h e urban i s s u e i n a p e r i o d o f h i g h e c o n o m i c growth and o f t h e p o l l u t i o n p r o b l e m . U n f o r t u n a t e l y
,i t i s hard t o s a y whether a d e q u a t e d i s c u s s i o n s were c a r r i e d o u t a b o u t what measures s h o u l d b e t a k e n i n v o l v i n g t h e l i m i t s o f s u c h a growth o f an enormous c i t y and how t h e problems c o u l d b e o v e r c o m e . However
,an e a r l i e r r e p o r t , B a s i c D i r e c t i o n f o r Urban Improvement from L o n g ‑ t e r m P o i n t o f View , " had b e e n s u b m i t t e d i n 1979 by t h e C e n t r a l P l a n n i n g Counc i ¥ t o s u g g e s t an e s s e n t i a l b a s i s f o r s u c h d i s c u s s i o n s [ K e n s e t s u
・s h o
,1 9 7 9 ] .
I n t h e 1980s
,urban p l a n n i n g c o n d i t i o n s have g r e a t l y c h a n g e d b e c a u s e o f v a r i o u s f a c t o r s . These i n c l u d e t h e n a t i o n a l p o l i c y o f K i s e i ‑ k a n w a ' ( t o e a s e b u i l d i n g and urban p l a n n i n g r e g u l a t i o n s ) and Min k a t s u ' ( t o v i t a l i z e t h e a c t i v i t y o f p r i v a t e e n t e r p r i s e s )
,which were a c t i v e l y promoted by M r . Nakasone
,t h e t h e n Prime M i n i s t e r
,and t h e i n c r e a s e d demand f o r g r e a t e r f l o o r s p a c e r e s u l t i n g from advanced i n t e r n a ‑ t i o n a l and i n f o r m a t i o n o r i e n t e d a c t i v i t i e s i n c i t i e s s u c h a s T o k y o . This has c a u s e d i n c r e a s e o f l a n d demand , i n c l u d i n g s p e c u l a t i o n , and r i g o r o u s c o n s t r u c t i o n a c t i v i t i e s . As a r e s u l t , l a n d p r i c e s have s o a r e d u n b e l i e v a b l y , a ¥ l owing J i a g e y a " o r wicked r e a l t o r s t o e n g a g e i n s e c r e t maneuvers i n v o l v i n g l a n d s .
Now we must r e c o n s i d e r t h e m e t r o p o l i t a n growth and r e e x a m i n e t h e p r o s p e r o u s a s p e c t s o f e c o n o m i c and c u l t u r a l v i t a l i t y o f Tokyo , and d i s c ¥ o s e many problems b e h i n d t h e p r o s p e r i t y and p o i n t o u t p r o b l e m s which would e v o l v e i n t h e n e a r f u t u r e , and p r o p o s e measures t o manage s u s t a i n a b l e m e t r o p o l i t a n g r o w t h . I t i s c r u c i a l f o r u s t o r e v i e w h i s t o r y i n s u c h a r a p i d l y c h a n g i n g p e r i o d a s t o d a y t o form a p r o p e r ou t ¥ ook f o r t h e f u t u r e . A l t h o u g h i t i s i m p o r t a n t t o l o o k back on t h e 100‑year h i s t o r y o f modern p l a n n i n g i n J a p a n , o u r r e v i e w o f t h e p a s t 20 y e a r s , o r e v e n 10 , s h o u l d b r i n g a b o u t s e v e r a l l e s s o n s t o p r e v e n t u s from making t h e same m i s t a k e s .
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