Analysis on Reality of Urban Formation Process in Shoro District in Keijo from 1920s to 40s.

Focusing on Trend of Location of Commercial and Industrial Merchants

Abstract

This paper analyzed realities of commercial and industrial merchants in Shoro District in Keijo, paying attentions to their locations and removal, depending on the "Member List of Keijo Commerce and Industry Bureau" issued in 1923, 1930, 1935 and 1940. Proving the land use of the district which had been perceived ideally up to now, this paper revealed the fact that those merchants had continued their business through modifying their trading items and business styles, or removing their locations reflecting real-estate situation of the district. But still, the decline rate of the existing commercial and industrial merchants as almost the same as that of a district from downtown of Tokyo from the same era. Through such a drastic change, the character of the central district of Keijo was gradually formed.