TFA seems to follow the tradition of idealizing and misinterpreting Japanese society to fit some ideology. The hodgepodge arrangement of land usage in Japan is

TFA seems to follow the tradition of idealizing and misinterpreting Japanese society to fit some ideology. The hodgepodge arrangement of land usage in Japan is very old and I'm pretty sure is not the result of conscious planning at any level. Japan has always allowed what would seem to Americans as indiscriminate locating of various land uses. Although you see a lot of use specialization in urban areas, I think it is entirely due to land costs and transportation access. It is not uncommon in Tokyo to see neighborhoods with a mixture high/low-end residential, commercial, and industrial.