Last time I wrote about the closing of Wakana Inn, which was known as the novelist’s place located in a historic district in Kagurazaka. I have to let you know another disappointing thing today. The widening of Okubo Street, which was decided in 1946, has started and because of that, two shops on the street corner, Kawai Earthenware Shop and Yamashita Japan (lacquer ware) Shop were closed at the end of last year. In a district facing to the street 1/4 of the community members will have to move out, all in another.
What we mostly concern is that Kagurazaka will be divided by the widening of the street.
What we mostly concern is that Kagurazaka will be divided by the widening of the street.
In 1991 The Kagurazaka Community Development (Machizukuri) Organization was formed by the residents. Its main function has been succeeded to The Kagurazaka Machizukuri Koryukai, and we have been working on community development over 25 years with the local government Shinjuku Ward.
Kagurazaka’s flourishing features today is the result and fruit of the long years of activities. We very much worry about deeper and wider division of Kagurazaka by the widening the Okubo Street, from 18 to 30 meters and double the traffic lanes.
We have respected our historic street-scape, and want to keep “human scale”, “richness in culture” and “good sense of tradition” of Kagurazaka. We sincerely hope that the Okubo Street widening will not give severe damages to the vulnerable value of the place. We will continue our activities so that “Kagurazaka will not lose the special sense of the place and stay as The Kagurazaka for long”.
We named the facebook site “Save the Kagurazaka” to fight and preserve the sense of Kagurazaka which now is in serious danger.
Yokichi Ishii (Master of Sukeroku)
Kagurazaka’s flourishing features today is the result and fruit of the long years of activities. We very much worry about deeper and wider division of Kagurazaka by the widening the Okubo Street, from 18 to 30 meters and double the traffic lanes.
We have respected our historic street-scape, and want to keep “human scale”, “richness in culture” and “good sense of tradition” of Kagurazaka. We sincerely hope that the Okubo Street widening will not give severe damages to the vulnerable value of the place. We will continue our activities so that “Kagurazaka will not lose the special sense of the place and stay as The Kagurazaka for long”.
We named the facebook site “Save the Kagurazaka” to fight and preserve the sense of Kagurazaka which now is in serious danger.
Yokichi Ishii (Master of Sukeroku)
Historic alley of Kagurazaka where Wakana Inn is located.
Okubo Street, now 18 meters wide but is planned to be 30 meters wide.
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