In 9th January 1903, Morihiro Ichihara was inaugurated into the forth mayor of Yokohama. Half a year later, he addressed on an urban policy of Yokohama. In August 1903, Yokohama City Improvement Council was established. The city reform of Yokohama by Ban Miyake was planned in February 1910, and it consisted of urban zoning (commercial zones, industrial zones and residential zones), a traditional buildings and a scenic zones to be preserved. The plans for a city of Yokohama based on the civil societies in the Europe and America. On the other hand, the city reform of Tokyo was essentially for its role as "imperial capital" of the modem Japan.
