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How Japan Built Cities Where You Could Send Your Toddler on an Errandhttps://slate.com/business/2022/04/old-enough-netflix-do-japanese-parents-really-send-toddlers-on-errands.html> Japanese cities are built on the concept that every neighborhood should function as a village. That planning paradigm means you have shops and small businesses in residential neighborhoods, which means there are places to go—places these kids can walk to.

これは、なかなか興味深い指摘。「日本の都市は、すべての地域が村として機能すべきであるという考え方に基づいて構築されている」。日本の用途区分がいまいち明確にされていない街並みをそういう風に表現するか……。