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Why Neighborhoods And Small Businesses Thrive In Tokyo
The new book “Emergent Tokyo” looks at Tokyo was shaped by the intermingling of small choices that create spontaneous patterns.
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(Bloomberg) -- Tokyo is a city of two faces. Major central planning efforts have made Japan’s capital one of the safest, cleanest and most public-transit oriented cities in the world. Yet its labyrinthian network of streets, restaurants hidden in dark alleyways and entire buildings filled with a medley of shops reveal another side of the city that is more spontaneous and idiosyncratic.
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