XVI. Nagoya, Japan — High Density

XVII. Nagoya, Japan

Nagoya, Japan

Nagoya, Japan — Yuanyuan Cui

Nagoya is the largest city in the Chūbu region, the fourth-most populous city and third most populous urban area in Japan, with a population of 2.3 million in 2020. Located on the Pacific coast on central Honshu, it is the capital and the most populous city of Aichi Prefecture, and is one of Japan’s major ports along with those of Tokyo, Osaka, Kobe, Yokohama, and Chiba.

Left: Oasis, Nagoya. Right: Central Park, Nagoya

Nagoya, Japan

Population:
Designated: 2,331,078 people
Metro: 10,240,000 people

Area:
326.45 km2

Population Density:
6,942.5 people/km2

Politics:
Takashi Kawamura is a Japanese politician of the Nagoya-based Genzei Nippon (“Tax Cut Japan”) party, currently serving as Mayor of Nagoya. He was previously a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).

Nagoya has successfully hosted various international meetings and events in the past, including COP10 in 2010 and UNESCO World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development in 2014. Treating the G20 ministerial meeting as a concerted regional undertaking, the local residents will unite to provide a heartfelt omotenashi hospitality to all the guests.

Top Left: Nagoya Central Park. Top Right: Busy Akamon Street In Shopping Distric of Nagoya.
Bottom Left: Slum. Bottom Right: Downtown, Higashi District of Nagoya.

Nagoya, Japan. High Density Buildig Typologies

Nagoa, Japan. Means of transportation

Nagoya, Japan. Traffic hubs and nodes

Nagoya, Japan. Urban Void Spaces

Nakagawa, Nagoya, Japan:

Area: 0.25 square km
Population: 220,782 people
Population Density: 6,895 people/km2

Showa, Nagoya Japan:

Area: 10.94 square km
Population: 110,436 people
Population Density: 10, 095 people/km2

Higashi, Nagoya Japan:

Area: 7.7 square km
Population: 82,939 people
Population Density: 10,757 people/km2