Danchi 高島平団地, a major danchi in Itabashi-ku (map):
This danchi is somewhat famous for being in rough shape, as described in this 2003 Japan Times article:
“One complex, the Takashimadaira Danchi in Itabashi Ward, Tokyo, gained notoriety around this time for the inordinate number of people who committed suicide there. The tabloids talked about how, in a single month, dozens of people jumped from the top of the building. It was even (somewhat improbably) claimed that families sitting down to dinner became so accustomed to the sight of people flying past their windows that they wouldn’t even bother to interrupt their meals to investigate. The danchi, commentators began to say, were lonely and sterile places, where neighbors rarely bothered to communicate with each other.” – “The danchi and postwar society”
And from a more recent one:
In my post I map the danchi in three sections. The first, (11), is to the east:
(11) Map of Takashimadaira Danchi 高島平団地:
(12) and (13) The western section of the danchi:
Map of section (12):
Map of section (13):
Links and Resources:
- “The danchi revolution” (2013)
- 豊洲地区は30年後、本当に高島平団地になるの？ The Takashimadaira Complex in Toyosu district, has it really been 30 years?
- 板橋区を代表する団地 Apartment complex representing Itabashi-ku
- Takashimadaira Danchi 高島平 (Japanese Wikipedia)
- “Muji has renovated 24 out of the 8,400 apartments in Takashimadaira, and 220 around the country. Although the company has so far targeted danchi with low vacancy rates in order to test appetite for the new decor, it is now rolling out renovations in areas struggling to attract residents, particularly young ones.” – Muji is collaborating with Japan’s housing agency to makeover old apartments
- UR RENOVATIONS (Apartment Osaka)
