The Changing Face of Tokyo: From Edo to Today, and into the Future

The first year of the new Reiwa era, 2019, marks the centennial of the enactment of the City Planning Act and the Building Standards Act. In this milestone year, we compiled　The Changing Face of Tokyo: From Edo to Today, and into the Future to look back at the history of urban development in Tokyo from its beginnings in the Edo period so that this legacy can be carried on into the future.
We hope you will read and enjoy it.

• Cover（1.1MB）
• Title Page, Foreword, Contents（330KB）
• The Transformation of Tokyo’s Administrative Districts（805KB）
• Introduction　Urban Development in the Edo Period－The origins of Tokyo (1590s-1860s)―（430KB）

1. The expansion of Edo（955KB）
2. Water transport and kashichi river banks（3.8MB）
3. The Great Fire of Meireki（897KB）
4. Land use in Edo（883KB）

　Column Naoko Fujita: The Significance of the Lasting Presence of Shrines and Their Groves（583KB）

• Chapter 1　The Dawn of Modern City ConstructionSpread of new technology and development of the capital (1860s-1910s)―（405KB）

1. Introduction of railway technology（1.1MB）
2. From horse-drawn trams to streetcars（1.3MB）
3. Ginza Bricktown（763KB）
4. The emergence of Western architecture（729KB）
5. Government office centralization plan（1.9MB）
6. Tokyo City Planning Ordinance（781KB）
7. The birth of city parks（827KB）
8. Development of the modern water supply and sewerage system（864KB）
9. The path to construction of Tokyo Port（679KB）
10. Opening of Tokyo Station and the development of Marunouchi（973KB）

　Column Megumi Matsuyama: Private Sector Urban Development in the Meiji Era（286KB）

• Chapter 2　Evolution of the City Planning System―Reconstruction following the Great Kanto Earthquake and World War II (1910s-1950s)―（322KB）

1. Establishment of the City Planning System（689KB）
2. Reconstruction following the Great Kanto Earthquake（755KB）
3. Enhancement of transportation in the city（780KB）
4. Development of private railways and the Tokyo suburbs（2MB）
5. The Orient’s first subway starts service（937KB）
6. Development around terminal stations（735KB）
7. The Greenbelt Concept（896KB）
8. Postwar reconstruction（937KB）

　Column Yasushi Aoyama: Shinpei Goto’s Urban Concept: Advocating Governance with Human Life at the Core（794KB）

• Chapter 3　Urban Sprawl and Improvement of Urban Infrastructure―High economic growth and the Olympic Games (1950s-1980s)―（337KB）

1. Expansion of the urban area and formation of the National Capital Region（686KB）
2. Period of high growth and the transformation of housing（751KB）
3. Tokyo Olympics and new urban infrastructure（926KB）
4. The advent of the automobile society and the shift to subways（1.1MB）
5. FAR zoning and the super high-rise age（898KB）
6. Commuting congestion and the five-direction strategy（790KB）
7. Construction of Tama New Town（890KB）
8. Pollution in the city（710KB）
9. A new city planning scheme（595KB）
10. The turning point in urban redevelopment（878KB）
11. Preparations for urban disasters（653KB）

• Chapter 4　Tokyo Takes the Leap to Become a World City―Accumulating urban functions and bolstering international competitiveness (1980s-2010s)―（366KB）

1. Reorganization into a multi-center city（893KB）
2. Development of Tokyo Waterfront City（956KB）
3. Returning residents to the city center（924KB）
4. Promotion of the development of built-up areas（1.1MB）
5. Development of new railway lines by public-private corporations（973KB）
6. Enhancing urban development for a disaster resilient city（1.3MB）
7. Shift to a circular megalopolis structure（841KB）
8. Policy-led urban development（1MB）
9. Advancing urban renewal（915KB）

　Column Masayuki Suzuki: Policies on Housing Creation for an Urban Center where People Concentrate（595KB）

• Chapter 5　Toward Realizing a Highly Mature City―The Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 and beyond―（290KB）

1. Creating the legacy of the Tokyo 2020 Games（705KB）
2. The Grand Design for Urban Development（1.6MB）

　Column Takayuki Kishii: Tokyo’s Urban Development: Taking on the challenge of becoming a competitive and attractive Tokyo（493KB）

• Resources　 The History of Tokyo’s Development (timeline)・References（284KB）

■Japanese and English versions are on sale at the following locations.
・Residents Information Room, 3rd fl., Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building No. 1
・Price: Japanese ver JPY287（tax excluded）
     English ver  JPY432（tax excluded）