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Possibly the greatest single work of man on the face of the earth is Peking (Beijing)......
-Edmund N. Bacon, in his book 'Design of Cities-

 

The East Asian Countries have many wonderful historic cities which have been so brilliant in design and culture. They have been an indicator of the state of Asian civilization. Besides their tradition, the east Asian Cities are deemed to have been developing a new urbanism in 20th century which is unique enough to distinguish them from the western cities.

The dualistic structure of the East Asian cities in the 20th century
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Here, ATA recommends 10 cities and their websites in Japan. And some articles on the critical issues related to the cities are presented by ATA. Click and enjoy the cities!

 

 

 

Fukuoka

 

 

Kobe

 

 

Kumamoto

 

 

 


 

 

Kurashiki

 

 

Kyoto

Essay on Kyoto (Korean)

 

 

Nagoya

 

 

 

 

Nara

 

 

Osaka

 

 

Yokohama

 

 

 

 

Tokyo