Comments by "Ian Homer Pura" (@ianhomerpura8937) on "Why did cities build downtown malls?" video.

  1. Japan also has large downtown malls, most of them centuries-old companies that modernized and expanded during the reconstruction boom after the 1923 earthquake, and most have become institutions in their own, like Aeon, Isetan, and Mitsukoshi in Tokyo and Hankyu in Osaka. They get that foot traffic boost by deliberately connecting their stores to intercity and subway rail stations, as well as to bus terminals. This is the concept of eki-naka being replicated all over by these companies.
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  2. In Japan though, they're connected directly to railway stations.
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  3.  @neubro1448  the eki-naka concept at work really does wonders.
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