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|  Research
and Education District
LANDSCAPE  The
Research and Education District, 18km long, is dispersed in the local rustic scene.
Principal roads are laid out crossing each other like a lattice. Well arranged
institutional buildings in spacious sites, networks of walkways and parks rich
in green, and facility clusters in residential areas and the bustling city center
altogether create a new landscape unknown in Japan before, giving comfort and
pleasure to the residents and visitors alike. To create landscape suitable for
this national endeavor, many regulatory measures have been taken: i.e., establishment
of the Standard for Construction Plans to control the landscape and environment
of the research and educational institutes and government housing; landscape studies
of public facilities such as roads; enactment of the Zoning Code on the Minimum
Size of Housing Lots and Building Code for Education District; and control of
disorderly advertisements and billboards by designation of zones where an Outdoor
Advertisement Code is enforced. Particularly in the City Center Zone, the landscaping
has been monitored in detail by a careful design study under the City Center Zone
Landscape Program and by reviews on individual proposals by the Committee for
Urban Landscape.
| SIGNS Public
signs are installed following systematic and coordinates rules befitting the city
planning. Drivers are guided by the city gates, the symbol of entrance to the
Research and Education District, street plan panels, entrance signs for institutes,
signs for public parking, etc. Pedestrians are guided by city guide maps at bus
stops, street panels for major facilities. |
 | (1)North
Gate | Dark Red |
Gembu(the color of
one of four guardian gods) |
| (2)East
Gate | Blue | Seiryu(one
of the four gods) | | (3)Main
Gate | Green | (Color
of nature) | | (4)Main
Gate | Gray | (Color
of science and technology) | | (5)South
Gate | Red | Suzaku(one
of the four gods) | | (6)West Gate | White | Byakko(one
of the four gods) | |
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