Measuring Prosperity
When we talk about a main street being prosperous, we aren’t thinking of income per capita; we are thinking of wealth per square mile (or sqkm). Continue reading Measuring Prosperity
Month: October 2018
Kobe Ninomiya Area
Analysis of the area NE of the Sannomiya Stations, around the Ninomiya Shotengai. Above: the highlighted area in the upper-left is the Kitano Ijinkan neighborhood. The highlighted area at the bottom is the subject area. The streets above are highlighted hierarchically as follows: – Magenta: Covered arcades and open-air shopping streets. – Red: “Busy” Boulevards. – Orange: … Continue reading Kobe Ninomiya Area
Kobe Asahidori & Kumoidori
Analysis of the area east of the Sannomiya Stations; Asahidori (旭通) and Kumoidori (雲井通). This 0.14 square km (35 acres) area had a 2005 census population of about 2,500. This is an unusually high residential population density (~45,000/sqmi) for an area so close to the commercial center. Streets are highlighted hierarchically as follows: – Magenta (straight east-west): Open air shopping street (shotengai). – Other Magenta: Station Direct … Continue reading Kobe Asahidori & Kumoidori
Kobe Isogami Park
Map from feel-kobe.jp [red marker added] Analysis of the area SE of Sannomiya Stations; Onoedori (小野柄通), Gokodori (御幸通), Isogamidori (磯上通), Isobedori (磯辺通), and Hamabedori (浜辺通). The area has a bit of a de-industrialised feel, consistent with its much shrunken population (a dramatic decline between 1920 and 1960; a considerable recovery between 1988 and 2005). Isogamidori is representative of these two demographic shifts, visible in all the … Continue reading Kobe Isogami Park
Kobe Foreign Settlement (神戸・旧居留地)
Map from feel-kobe.jp [red marker added] Analysis of the Foreign Settlement area SW of Sannomiya Stations. Not to be confused with the Kitano Ijinkan Area. The Foreign Settlement occupies a roughly 1/3 square kilometer (80 acre) area SW of Sannomiya; basically the whole area between the Center-Gai arcades and Kaigan-Dori (the wide surface avenue running along the coast). Notable characteristics of the Foreign Settlement: – Wide sidewalks and … Continue reading Kobe Foreign Settlement (神戸・旧居留地)
Akashi
Downtown Akashi, nestled between the Akashi Strait and the remains of Akashi Castle, is one of the world’s most compact city centers. It is just a 5 minute walk from the station cluster (JR Akashi and Sanyo Akashi) to the waterfront (450 meters, 1/4 mile). JR Akashi Station (and adjacent Sanyo Akashi Station), are 23 minutes from Sannomiya Station, and about 40 minutes from Himeji … Continue reading Akashi
Nagano Chuo-Dori
The streets above are highlighted hierarchically as follows: – Magenta: Covered arcades and open-air shopping streets (de-facto car free). – Magenta block on right side: Gondo subway station (長野電鉄・権堂駅). The large building on the west side is a station-direct-linked (駅直結) supermarket & department store. – Cyan: Quasi-SLOW street. – Red: “Busy” Boulevards. – Orange: … Continue reading Nagano Chuo-Dori
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