Brumann, Christoph - Deutsches Institut für Japanstudien <Tōkyō> - 2008
In 2007, the city council of Kyoto adopted the keikan jōrei [townscape ordinances],a set of amendments to existing building codes that was hailed as revolutionaryeven by critical commentators. The new rules expand existing protectedareas, ban putting up rooftop billboards and neon signage, and...