19th WORLD CONFERENCE OF THE ASSOCIATED RESEARCH CENTRES FOR THE URBAN UNDERGROUND SPACE, Belgrade, Serbia, November 4-7, 2025. (Paper No: 6.3.131, pp. 882-889)
АУТОР(И) / AUTHOR(S): Yuto Nakamura, Masaharu Oosawa
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DOI: 10.46793/ACUUS2025.6.3.131
САЖЕТАК / ABSTRACT:
Underground mall located in central areas such as stations are made up of many stores. However, the actual situation is not clear. In addition, the store composition differs between underground malls located in metropolitan areas and other areas, and it is thought that there are regional characteristics. In recent years, renovation work due to the aging of underground malls has been completed. Therefore, in order to comprehensively understand the changes in store composition before and after the renovation, it is necessary to clarify the current store composition.
Therefore, this study targeted 60 underground malls with sites and collected data from April 2023 to September 2023. We will organize the types of stores that were identified based on the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications’ standard industrial classification. We will compare the differences in store composition and among cities based on the total number of underground malls in each city. Finally, we will list the characteristic store usage.
As a result, the store composition in Tokyo Wards, Nagoya City, Osaka City, Sapporo City, Yokohama City, Fukuoka City, and underground malls across the country includes “textiles, clothing, and personal goods retailers”, “restaurants”, “other retail” and “food and beverage retails” are in the top four categories. The proportion of “textile, clothing, and personal goods retailers” is high in Tokyo Wards, Sapporo City, Yokohama City, and Fukuoka City, while the proportion of restaurants is high in Nagoya City and Osaka City. Within Tokyo 23 Wards, the proportion of “textile, clothing, and personal goods retailers” is high in Shinjuku Ward, Toshima Ward, and Shibuya Ward, while the proportion of “restaurants” is high in Chuo Ward and Minato Ward. As a characteristic store usage, is that stores allow vehicle delivery and stores where they can play table tennis.
КЉУЧНЕ РЕЧИ / KEYWORDS:
underground mall, shop, number of stores, city comparison
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