Japan is said to make small cities for elderly people, where transport, exercise, and hot springs will be available.
Japan is a developed country that is constantly working for its people. According to the reports, around 36.1 million people in Japan are over the age of 1 or 28.7% of the whole population. Thus, Japan is preparing its cities for the rising older population in response to this problem. Toyama, a city in Japan that is around 250 kilometers from Tokyo, the country’s capital, has been chosen as the example city for this episode.
The World Bank claims that the cost of remodeling the old train tracks for the new light railway was cut by 75%. Thus, Toyama is regarded by the World Bank as “a worldwide role model” for small cities.
For the growth of this city, which is grappling with an aging population and declining revenue, a parallel compact urban strategy has been developed. The elderly may easily take public transportation with this. 99% of this city was destroyed during the Second World War. Later, the city was quickly rebuilt, but since the 1990s, the 414,000-person metropolis has suffered from an aging populace, mounting debt, declining income, and out-of-date urban design, which becomes an issue.
Therefore, a case in point is the struggle and growth of Toyama, which is becoming a small city. Thus, the first light rail line in Japan crosses the medieval fort in the center of the city before heading north to an ancient port. An ancient school has been converted into a facility with a hot spring workout pool here.
In the process, a carriage linking the intense center to public transportation is part of the station’s “dumpling and square” design. Plus, the platform of the station is immediately linked to the trains of the future light rail. Therefore, elderly passengers are not at risk of stumbling when they exit the train because of this.
