We would like to look at Tokyo's urban problems, and the approaches to urban policy that can not only provide solutions to those problems but also contribute to changing Tokyo into an attractive city. Tokyo, for example, is horizontally overcrowded and yet vertically undeveloped. We can see in the map a city made up of small blocks divided by narrow streets. Let's compare Tokyo and Manhattan as an example. The area within Tokyo's Yamanote Line is approximately the same size as the island of Manhattan (roughly 6,000 ha, 60 sq km or 23 sq mi), as is the area of Tokyo's four central wards (Chiyoda, Chuo, Minato and Shinjuku Wards). The 60 square kilometers of Manhattan are home to many famous structures and spaces -- Rockefeller Center, the World Trade Center, Times Square, MoMA, and others -- that exploit the advantages of integrating various facilities into the same area. Tokyo's four central wards Manhattan, New York

	Manhattan's north-south avenues and east-west streets are 100 feet (appx 30 m) and 60 feet (18 m) wide respectively, forming a grid of city blocks that average 1.17 ha (11, 700 sq m). Streets in the rezoned districts of Tokyo, on the other hand, are approximately 6 to 8 meters wide, creating small city blocks that average about 0.1 ha (1,000 sq m) in area. These small city blocks, which are further subdivided and privately owned, hamper the development of integrated and intensive urban space utilization.
	Shinbashi, Tokyo Midtown New York

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