The Outlines of Ginza City and the Miharabashi-Undergroundmall

Abstract

  There was underground architecture called “Miharabashi-undergroundmall” in chuo-ward Ginza, Tokyo. This undergroundmall built under “Mihara-bridge” was closed due to the aging and demolition work has begun in 2014. Recovered from the earthquake in Taisho-era, the mihara bridge was used in many ways along the transformation of Ginza city after debris processing of war and the land readjustment. This article is purposed to reveal the historicity of this undergroundmall and its cultural roles and features by using data of miharabashi-undergroundmall and oral history collected by author. I’d like to reconsider the transition of this lost undergroundmall with analyzing and classifying interviews.