(15) Senriyama “Garden City” – Utopia in the Taisho Era

Exhibit name: 田園都市”千里山 ～大正時代の理想郷～ (Senriyama “Garden City” – Utopia in the Taisho Era)

• Exhibit webpage
• Exhibit flyer (PDF)
• Japanese Wikipedia page for Senriyama
• Exhibit Location: 吹田市立博物館 (Suita City Museum) (April 23 to June 5, 2016)

Summary: A “garden city” called Senriyama 千里山, built in the Osaka suburbs between 1920 and 1928, aka 千里山住宅地 (Senriyama residential area). Senriyama was modeled after Letchworth, England レッチワース, with a focus on a rotary/roundabout ロータリー.

• Google maps: link
• Senriyama Garden City 田園都市千里山 in 1945 (at left):

• Twitter:

吹田市立博物館「田園都市 千里山」展にも会場模型、入場券、絵葉書などが展示される、関西の郊外住宅地開発の歴史に欠かせない箕面桜ヶ丘住宅改造博覧会。 pic.twitter.com/9r7e88Fpu4

— newいけかん (@art_boat67) June 5, 2016

Other Garden Cities in Japan:

• Ofuna Garden City: “New Kamakura” and the “Hollywood of the East” 大船田園都市と「東洋のハリウッド」
• Denenchofu: Japan’s first “garden city” 田園調布の歴史
• Suburban Tokyo: Tokiwadai Housing Estates 常盤台住宅地