2004 Volume 67 Issue 5 Pages 749-752
This study touches upon the spatial characteristics of the traditional commercial district in Tokyo. Sugamo Jizou-doori District was taken as a research area where a commercial zone, temple precincts and street stalls were amalgamated to shape over laying structure of a comprehensive commercial district. Analysis of the structural and spatial change of the shopping street, the temple and the street stalls were conducted to show the characteristics of Japanese traditional mixed district with commercial activities of ordinal commerce, religious and out-economic bodies. As a result, it was made clear that the multiple functions of this district promoted by the comprehensive behavioral feature among the shopping street, the temple and the street stalls has become weak since 1950s when the temple changed into the famous tourist resort.
