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In a previous video I showed what a typical Tokyo neighbourhood looks like. But recently I wondered what I'd find if I visited some of the wealthier areas. If you liked this one, you'll probably like my video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDHAjwIZkXs My Japanese teacher, Yamamoto Sensei's, online classes are at https://www.nihongo-pro.com/online-japanese-teachers#yamamoto-miki Related Videos: - What a Typical Tokyo Neighbourhood is Like https://youtu.be/TheOkz8oF_I - Why Japan Looks the Way it Does: Zoning https://youtu.be/wfm2xCKOCNk - Are Japanese Homes Really Worthless After 30 Years? https://youtu.be/1SiPGP_BDS4 - How an Average Family in Tokyo Can Buy a New Home https://youtu.be/iGbC5j4pG9w Sources: - Seijo Neighbourhood Charter https://seijo.tokyo/node/56 - Garden city movement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_city_movement - Ebenezer Howard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebenezer_Howard - Denenchofu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Den-en-ch%C5%8Dfu - Shibusawa Eiichi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shibusawa_Eiichi - Denenchofu property rules https://japanpropertycentral.com/house-buying-guide/ and https://toyokeizai.net/articles/-/409519?page=2 and https://www.city.ota.tokyo.jp/seikatsu/sumaimachinami/machizukuri/toshikeikaku/keikaku/chouhu.html - Denenchofu million dollar homes https://diamond-fudosan.jp/articles/-/1110091 - Denenchofu land values https://suumo.jp/tochi/soba/tokyo/ek_25320/ - Ginza land values https://tochidai.info/tokyo/chuo/ - Tokyo land values https://suumo.jp/tochi/soba/tokyo/area/ - Shirokanedai land values https://suumo.jp/tochi/soba/tokyo/en_nambokusen/ - Seijogakuenmae land values https://suumo.jp/tochi/soba/tokyo/ek_20990/?etKbn=99u0026kjKbn=9u0026tbttKbn=9 - Jiyugaoka land values https://suumo.jp/tochi/tokyo/sc_setagaya/nc_71240232/ - Denenchofu Neighbourhood Association https://www.den-en-choufu.or.jp/4-%E7%94%B0%E5%9C%92%E8%AA%BF%E5%B8%83%E3%81%AB%E5%AE%B6%E3%82%92%E5%BB%BA%E3%81%A6%E3%82%8B%E6%96%B9%E3%81%B8/4-1-%E7%92%B0%E5%A2%83%E4%BF%9D%E5%85%A8%E5%8F%8A%E3%81%B3%E6%99%AF%E8%A6%B3%E7%B6%AD%E6%8C%81%E3%81%AB%E4%BF%82%E3%82%8F%E3%82%8B%E8%A6%8F%E5%AE%9A - Mitsubishi Electric heritage site https://bunka.nii.ac.jp/heritages/detail/137788 - Google Earth https://earth.google.com/ - Mizoe Art Gallery https://goo.gl/maps/X3nAnht9g8WxBDPv6 - Seijogakuen https://www.seijogakuen.ed.jp/schools/ - Tree lined streets in Setagaya https://www.city.setagaya.lg.jp/mokuji/sumai/005/003/d00153015_d/fil/PRESS04_59.pdf and https://setagaya339.net/other/sakura2.htm - Bachelor rental suites https://www.athome.co.jp/chintai/1085388848/?DOWN=4u0026BKLISTID=004LPCu0026sref=list_map and https://www.athome.co.jp/chintai/1085837648/?DOWN=4u0026BKLISTID=004LPCu0026sref=list_map - Ginza no car hours https://www.ginza.jp/en/townguide/trafficinfo - Tokyo Imperial Palace https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Imperial_Palace and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukiage_Palace - Akasaka Palace https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akasaka_Palace - Why Japan is crazy about housing https://www.archdaily.com/450212/why-japan-is-crazy-about-housing - Japan reusable housing revolution https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/nov/16/japan-reusable-housing-revolution - Meiji restoration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiji_Restoration - Abolition of the han system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abolition_of_the_han_system - Class and Contradiction: Merchants and Expression of Wealth in the Tokugawa Period https://digital.lib.washington.edu/researchworks/bitstream/handle/1773/47828/article2.pdf?sequence=1 - Putting Japan's coming inheritance windfall to good use https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2020/10/18/commentary/japan-commentary/japan-inheritance-windfall/ - Why inequality is different in Japan https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2015/03/why-inequality-is-different-in-japan/ - Confronting the truth of gated communities and studying their “possibilities” https://english-meiji.net/articles/223/ - Luxury homes in Japan https://www.luxuryhomesencyclopedia.net/ Additional picture sources: - お金持ち　https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8MLnxxwFDeo/XASweK9kyxI/AAAAAAABQac/eeYFGFHtMXYtZyIYippxOGIpVLBqT8-NACLcBGAs/s800/money_okanemochi.png - ヤクザ https://www.irasutoya.com/2014/04/blog-post_5353.html - By Tokyo-all-wards.jpg: Abrahamiderivative work: Rudloff (talk) - Tokyo-all-wards.jpg, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11987202 Connect 🗲Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lifewhereimfrom 🗲Life Where I'm From X Channel: http://bit.ly/ytlwifx 🗲Website: http://www.lifewhereimfrom.com 🗲Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lifewhereimfrom 🗲Instagram: https://instagram.com/lifewhereimfrom 🗲Twitter: https://twitter.com/lifewhereimfrom Music by Epidemic Sound https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/bad4aw/