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Nagaya Tsunagu Forum, ("The 2nd forum on Japanese town houses, alleys and inbound ") by Karahori Club

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On 18 February, Saturday, I participated in the 2nd forum as a MC and facilitator.   Last year I was a facilitator for the 1st forum.  A topic of the 2nd forum is nagaya, roji and inbound.  Nagaya is a Japanese tenant houses in town. In Karahori Area, located in the Uemachi Plateau, Osaka, there were many  this type of houses. During the WW2, this area was avoided from US airstrikes. Consequently nagaya is fortunately remained.  However, maintenance cost  for this is higher than construction cost for a new house. Many have already  distracted and renewed modern houses and apartments.   Despite that, some young Japanese  come to start new business in nagaya  recently, but many of Nagaya residents are old Japanese.  Roji is an alley in Nagaya.  The width in many Roji is less than 2 meters.  Roji has some unique functions, e.g. quasi-public spaces for community  and private spaces. In the last 2-3 years, many foreign tourists, called inbound, have visited  Japan.