Urban Landscape Day

In 1990 the Ministry of Construction (currently the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism) created Urban Landscape Day to be celebrated on October 4th annually. A year later they started the "Urban Landscape Award" to be awarded on the same date annually. The award serves to recognise cities that are working on creating beautiful cityscapes and rich urban spaces.

I am relatively interested in urban development, which is done extremely differently in Japan to my home country of Ireland. In Japan it feels like 'town planning' isn't really a done thing or if it is done, its only done on one particular development rather than a whole town. But yet most places have the infrastructure, services and resources they need. 

Moreover, there are some truly charming cityscapes in Japan. And parts of Tokyo by night are truly a sight to behold. If you have a favorite urban landscape, maybe you could share it on Tonetoedo's recent question in the Q&A section of City-cost.