TOKYO

LAURA SARMIENTO ORTIZ

THE CHANGES BEFORE THE WAR WERE ENORMOUS, WITH THE COUNTRY GOING
FROM FEUDALISM TO INDUSTRIALISATION TO WORLD POWER. AFTER ITS DEFEAT
DURING WORLD WAR II, CITIES LIKE TOKYO AND OSAKA, WHICH WERE BOMBED AND
FIREBOMBED HEAVILY, WERE QUICKLY REBUILT. LIKEWISE, THE CHANGES WERE
HUGE.
In the years leading up to the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, there was even more rebuilding. But as the nation became more
prosperous during the 1970s and '80s, the face of the cities changed again — and of course development continues
to this day with new building projects, such as Roppongi Hills and Tokyo Midtown.
In the past, most city dwellers lived in one or two-story houses made of wood, each with its own
garden, courtyard, and religious chapel (called Butsudan in Buddhist homes).
Residential traditional houses in Tokyo
Sugamo Shinkin Bank en Kawaguchi
Pequeña casa en Tokio
Apartamentos Reversible
Destiny, en Tokio
AS TOKYO'S POPULATION GREW, THOSE HOUSES WERE DEMOLISHED AND
APARTMENT BUILDINGS WERE BUILT INSTEAD. GIVEN THE REGION'S IMMENSE
POPULATION DENSITY, MOST OF THE CITY'S APARTMENTS AND HOUSES ARE SMALL,
AND ARE AFFECTED BY A FAMILY OF TWO ADULTS AND TWO OR THREE CHILDREN.
Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building Area
1962 2014
TRANSPORT
Yurakucho Station

1963 2011
 Shinjuku Station

1963 2011
HERE, YOU CAN
SEE TOKYO
STATION IN 1933.
OBVIOUSLY, THIS
AREA LOOKED
VERY, VERY
DIFFERENT IN,
SAY, 1833.

BUS
 Shimbashi Station

2011 1965
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