Location
Tokyo is Japans busy capital and located at the head if Tokyo Bay on the coast.
DWELLINGS AND SLUMS
Dewellings are either small and very square or tall and rectangular thin, exist in varying shades of coffee caramel and grey and are neatly placed together, making Tokyo look like it was built only 10 years ago by someone really obssessed with beige colour.
Kamagasaki at Osaka or Adachi=ku in Tokyo are where people with low class income live and kids smoke and not go to school. There are people that live in tents and the most infamous place to be called a slum is DOYA GAI but this is used for people to travel to as famous accommodation now.
CITY CHARACTERISTICS
Toursim in Tokyo is a major industry. In 2006, 4.91 million foreigners and 420 million Japanese visit to Toyoko were made. The Economic value of these visits totalled 9.4 trillion yen according to the Government of Tokyo. 1 Sensoji Temple 2 Tsukiji Market flickr/sodai gomi Seafood and sushi are big staples of the Japanese diet, but at the Tsukiji Market it is possible for you to see exactly where chefs ... 3 Ueno Park flickr/Hetarllen Mumriken In Tokyo’s Ueno District is the Ueno Park, which was built on the lands of a former temple. ... 4 Meiji Shrine the Meiji Jingu, or Meiji Shrine, is one of the most important tourist attractions in Tokyo. ... More items
Waste Management
As one of the biggest city in Japan and one of the most populated places in the world with 13 million people you can expected plastic bags and rubbish all over the place, but not like this they even have rubbish in the water of the beach they swim in, imagen that. Now of course they have something to get rid of all the plastic bags in roads and in the water and all the rubbish flowing in the sewer below them. Thankfully, every week thousands of plastic crates are placed along the streets of Tokyo to collect recyclable materials. In offices, supermarkets, train stations and other facilities throughout the capital, recycle bottles, cans and other materials are meticulously separated and placed in the appropriate receptacles.
Pollution
Tokyo is also one of the most polluted places in the world with traffic jams constantly producing gas, and companies making plastic bottles that end up at the beach or in the sewer and many more places. This is a problem, luckily there are ways we can fix this. Like In 1969, the capital city established the Tokyo Pollution Control Ordinance, which included environmental standards as well as a system for factories to report their activities that may cause air pollution.
Transport
Toyko has one of the most efficient and fast public transport systems in the world. It combines an extensive train network, underground subway lines, a bus system, taxis and car rentals. For visitors, trains and subways are usually the most convenient way to travel.
Wealth Distribution
Japan has high average health, japans population is 127million people many are middle class 12.85 million people and low class of 9.3 million which work labour jobs. They have health insurance, and this is some of the best in the world. The wealth distribution is good as life expectancy is 87years old for women and 80 years old men. In other countries such as India the life expectancy is a lot lower. Unemployment is low so many people have money. It is a rich nation though poor people, as in 1980 land prices dropped and this led to an impact on agriculture/farming.
Renewable energy
Not only is Tokyo utilizing available roof space from homes and buildings, it is also tapping into its vast water and sewage system infrastructure for renewable energy sources. In February, the Bureau of Waterworks of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government drew up a 10-year energy plan to increase renewable energy sources.