抄録
In a decade, stores along “Shokuan-dori” street managed by Korean residents who recently came to Japan in Shinjuku-ku are rapidly increasing and it comes to be called “Korean Town in Tokyo”. This study aims to clarify the characteristics of Korean stores along the “Shokuan-dori” street through an analysis of data of real estate registration for buildings.
Findings are as follows. Through an observation from roads in the district, 78 stores are identified as Korean stores and the number of buildings is 48. Korean stores are mainly found in condominium units and the number of stores amounts to over 60 percent. Korean residents and organizations purchase 10 buildings and 5 of them are owned by one company in the district. Most of buildings owned by Korean are located in eastern part of the district. From the viewpoint of sustainability of the commercial use as Korean Town in the street, location of buildings owned by Koreans and type of the store building are important in order to consider a future direction of the district.
