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T Hお.NJBAV CAN a D I A N
Fr遭cUy, May 24/1974
拓ghtToH她Sunshi鹏
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TOKYO. — Everynioniihg tor the p"t thr辨years, Mrs.If诉hi lJchida>h4s had to turn on tlie Rights in herhomゃ
it isdaylight»«iiidthesi)nmf^-ht. wen be ebiriinもbut沐doesn,t makiB any difference*
"I d(m,もseeれ《 4^yl!ghtゅy more," ーdヌrs、 Uohl"
Al"ioify apartment house ゃ"built only three frbm her front door. The shadow iieVer leiil^vesthe,llttl€,ttue^«^r(^nvho, 抓ゃwh(!Bre扭'rS;^Uohidah8[3liv" れr of 61years.
iMrs, Uchida is (me of thou幼n, ds of reisii^ntsゃf TokyふwJiQce datlylives )iave been affected by booming 6(msーi!itioivproje(^
an issue tlkt is known here翁 the "right of sunshine."
ゃeprob丰beg柳"wheli Ja-pim,seconoぉJi6 surge combined withおS5ca>rity of Uwid reJsulted in & change ii^ traditionalJapanese r使id幼t"lil' construction style. Hiゆriみ邻atjtm抑t bjaildin-beg^n to go up'The Japanese callthein"mttn8ioii,,,refezTinjrii0 any apartmenthouse taller th抑 sixstoriもs.
The mansion construction started in1^63, an d they to tailed i幼 in that year. No^\r tjieie are thousands and it is estimated they a, 1^ being completed <at the rate two a day in this city of n狄rly 12 milHon people.
Te Tokyo city government now 一a sunsMnecounselingseii^tioii to deal邻Uh prひWe加associated wれh high rise cortstrucぉon. Locking baclC-to theヌUrt of the bopm inl9ぉ,Sh(n卿uke N«k&— zaW deputy chief of the depart^
"At that time, thゃre "was no sunshine right problec. T^he whole Tiation, preocuppied with economic giowtんregarded siicb tallap-
ftrtment ho狄s科oii« <rf : tl>e products of mpney maikhijBr ende^
Tent".::
Govermn抑t statist)cs shpw it 00st at lea at10 million yen 二 or about多38,00Qtolniy油d Hve in やiDf^ion ni^rtーnt consd^faig of A !cHobei4,:dimiinきiroom, Weiケ ternstyle bathroom,l^rpom ,nd
simsMnepi;ob;ein^, 'Nakaata^a扭レ id in an in titrview: isbecauきe me peai>le who e&nnoitafforさ9U-cK ap^Ttmゅt6 resent thode whQ can.
"JeiUoUsy over: such e?tpei^ive living havjrrowi^ into n sort of hati<^d tow Aid紐yt^〗I buildings, whetherゃhey are public oi'l>riv«-te,,, hさisaid.
Compl^ts z^chinghi^ office from those vrhd】We in the shadow of tall buildings incite a^ ftwn179 in196分to inorもゅaii 300 diuringr the past12 months, hes象hi, .
.■SolTKj'l&wS-Uits have .be^'ぉO" ught, wid in1967 the Tokyo district courtn4ed,hat <joittpenRation could be <>rdei^ed for* p^rsoivs affect^ by "life in thesh»do<w/, Amounts paid in such cases have ra赠eむom about多70 to $385,000.
There «have al幼been incidents of picketing orman—n construction sites by itate residents .of ゅe surrounding area..
There now about 25 resident ^ssociatkm groups in Tokyo, formed to push the right to sun-shine principle. They have l?een supportedItny enviroivmentelconservation org&ni zat ions-Business interests, construction firms and mansion owners reply
the ciriはciniwith thゃ肌irument thatsuclil)u歸ng part of fre^ enterprise activity «id that up is the o由way to go inl幼d
But, tl^" ,« a pfliatake, No^ lice that'wまii "jxahiese says "No," it usually comes off財《 加sty n&^ty ymrd. It so\ihds ,x-狄tly the samみ叫my father,a "No" did when I used to助k hin(i to boiww th, ci^r bacl^ irt my high schooldays.
Ariyw&y, we don,tyjjeit iii the f)ffice anymorel^ow, " all aignify "N<>" hyーも• brii^ing our ]right hand up ii> fr6nt of o"r no6e辟nd wibvinjp it rapidly 4^まo rth, VTJiid shield wi, per "yle iri front o£ —ゅ<^ ve»
6r, wふtiltotJrhea4s46 de、 gr!&&s to t4ieleftj close our eyぉ, opeh one sidゃofouf mouth'aii^ draiw inおnine)i叙ir, possible through clenched細th一 eJccatlyfoi^r secondsにNow, we allunderstand '\N<v"
"Yぉ,,i& accepted only in wii-
But, newcomers, don,t tMnli jrou can tJiis "No" problem !cmly in the office. Iリs ^allaaxm-:1x1 you.
いXeもmeれllyou how it h邵pens in the store, for example»
Inthesto?res in J邵ぉn, the sales-girls never say "No." They m«ke you幼y it.Heres,s what I mean:
Piねt "1,11givも4uw&ythe whole plot of my exfwnple story. Un-Iぉs you know the ending ahead of time, you re ally won't understand the story as it unfolds;
The plot is that you have dded you want to biiy a few pads ofぉi^p!e blue-linedpaiper. And, the sior4 you h&ve decided to buy it indo^sn,t have bluelレ n^fl paper. They never did have bllie-lined paper.
OKj that's the j)lot. Now, the di争lo^:.
You walkおan4 ask, "Do you haveblu€hlined paperpads?,,
The girlasks, "Blue-Iぉcki par ds?"
You: "Yes, bluc"lined jwds."
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Shfi:"How many?"
Y9u "Oh, three or foiu',"
Ybu: "Yfs,threeoにfひur.,,
She; "What size?"
You: "I^gulw sizeにLegalsi-w. I dひn,t r^tUly c«i:e«"
She: "How many syeis to
ャovi: "t]Makes no difference, really. Thirtjror4ひひr 50 sheets 一aiiy;mnnber is bK、
Sb^:' 'You wait them now?
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And on and on i^ou卿gな. 1*1)邻aTe yoTii the i'est、ぉut tれe point isy she,s not going 邻y 3he do柳,t ha々e blue*lined per. You are. Because, after 45 nvin>ites co nvers it ion/like tiiiIS ~-less time as yひu,re here Itmgei.—tWlighit willfinaMy daw11oil you and you'llsay to her, "You in can youdon'th^ye l)lue-linもd paper ?"
And then, she'U kmile bi'ond-l,y aれd, w^th a $igh of relief, say, "Yes«,, Meaning, ofcourse: "Yes, we dOn'thaVe any."
Nowばyou think allthis is slightly exaggerated, stop into your〗dcal shoe storethisa^ter-noon and ask for some pads of blue~lined paper. Thれ,sit down.
And don't be: fooled by those girls in the depaTtment stores over抓ーGinza who wで.,those-buttons 幼ying "I speak English." :
Notice that the buttons don't say メM und^tamt English," To the new comer, there doesn,t se> em to be any difference. But that,s not usually the iieWc纖-er^s first mistake.
He壶eady madやthat fia'st mi stake out in the bookstore at Haneda Airport when he bought that "Japanese in 21Hours"
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