In Tokyo, and by extension in Japan, there are a lot of old houses where people still live. These houses are usually from the Showa era, and are made mostly of wood with iron elements.
Inspiration: Tokyo
As soon as I landed in Tokyo I was instantly drawn to the seemingly endless variety of images that this marvellous city has to offer. From the parks and gardens with their bridges and the multitude of trees that throughout the seasons display their myriad colours, to the entertainment districts where the people in the streets are the show, flaunting their attitude, the character of the city’s inhabitants.
This is a city that has managed to maintain its traditional identity while simultaneously, and unabashedly, incorporating foreign architectural styles and design, taking them to the limit and incorporating them to urban planning as elements that as well as being practical may, on occasions, be simply decorative.
Within this vast urban conglomeration we find endless small neighbourhoods, which in turn make up the larger districts, each of which has its own personality, its own particular characteristics, while together they make up a homogenous, Japanese whole. If you want to know more I recommend that you check out Totem Tokyo, which looks at the urban structure of Tokyo over time.
