Sanctuaries Of The City: Lessons From Tokyo

Sanctuaries of the City Re-materialising Cultural Geography Dr Mark Boyle, Department of Geography, University of Strathclyde, UK, Professor Donald Mitchell, Maxwell School, Syracuse University, USA and Dr David Pinder, Queen Mary University of London, UK Nearly 25 years have elapsed since Peter Jackson’s seminal call to integrate cultural geography back into the heart of social geography. During this time, a wealth of research has been published which has improved our understanding of how culture both plays a part in, and in turn, is shaped by social relations based on class, gender, race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, age, sexuality and so on. In spite of the achievements of this mountain of scholarship, the task of grounding culture in its proper social contexts remains in its infancy. This series therefore seeks to promote the continued significance of exploring the dialectical relations which exist between culture, social relations and space and place. Its overall aim is to make a contribution to the consolidation, development and promotion of the ongoing project of re-materialising cultural geography. Also in the series Swinging City A Cultural Geography of London 1950–1974 Simon Rycroft ISBN 978 0 7546 4830 7 Remembering, Forgetting and City Builders Edited by Tovi Fenster and Haim Yacobi ISBN 978 1 4094 0667 9 Doing Family Photography The Domestic, The Public and The Politics of Sentiment Gillian Rose ISBN 978 0 7546 7732 1 Cultural Capitals Revaluing The Arts, Remaking Urban Spaces Louise C. Johnson ISBN 978 0 7546 4977 9 Critical Toponymies The Contested Politics of Place Naming Edited by Lawrence D. Berg and Jani Vuolteenaho ISBN 978 0 7546 7453 5 Sanctuaries of the City Lessons from Tokyo Anni Greve Roskilde University, Denmark © Anni Greve 2011 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior permission of the publisher. Anni Greve has asserted her right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identified as the author of this work. Published by Ashgate Publishing Limited Ashgate Publishing Company Suite 420 Wey Court East Union Road 101 Cherry Street Farnham Burlington Surrey, GU9 7PT VT 05401-4405 England USA www.ashgate.com British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Greve, Anni. Sanctuaries of the city : lessons from Tokyo. – (Re-materialising cultural geography) 1. Urban ecology (Sociology) 2. Environmental psychology. 3. City and town life. 4. Public spaces. 5. City planning – Social aspects. 6. Urban ecology (Sociology) – Japan – Tokyo. 7. Environmental psychology – Japan – Tokyo. 8. City and town life – Japan – Tokyo. 9. Public spaces – Japan – Tokyo. 10. City planning – Social aspects – Japan – Tokyo. I. Title II. Series 307.7’6–dc22 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Greve, Anni. Sanctuaries of the city : lessons from Tokyo / by Anni Greve. p. cm. – (Re-materialising cultural geography) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-7546-7764-2 (hardback : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-7546-9511-0 (ebook) 1. Human geography--Japan--Tokyo. 2. Urban geography—Japan—Tokyo. 3. Social indicators—Japan—Tokyo. 4. Tokyo (Japan)—Social life and customs. I. Title. GF667.T65 2011 304.20952’135—dc22 2011007729 ISBN 9780754677642 (hbk) ISBN 9780754695110 (ebk) III Printed and bound in Great Britain by the MPG Books Group, UK. Contents List of Figures Acknowledgements    vii ix Prelude: Positioning   1 1 9 Sanctuaries of the City, Lessons from Tokyo   PART I URBAN SANCTUARY-RESEARCH 2 Sanctuaries for Coming to Terms with Modernity   25 3 Urban