emptyworld 0 Posted January 10, 2004 Share Posted January 10, 2004 Some Japanese cities would almost be villages back home. How come they get the name city? Surely it's not a population threshold that decides it? Link to post Share on other sites
nekobi 0 Posted January 10, 2004 Share Posted January 10, 2004 i think its something like under 10,000people is a village, 10,000-35,000 people is a town, 35,000+ is a city. Link to post Share on other sites
Plucky 0 Posted January 10, 2004 Share Posted January 10, 2004 Cities out here are not designated the same way they are in the states. In the states you have the city limits, urban growth boundaries, etc.. and in most cases, city limits do not run into each other. Often, cities will be surrounded by BLM land, Nat Forest lands, State Park lands, etc.. In Japan, The entire country is divided into administrative units meaning that the entire land area of Japan is divided into city 'units', all of which abut one another. Parklands and other land entities overlay these boundaries and can stretch into multiple city areas. The term 'city' in Japan does not necessarily mean built up land, it just stands for the area that the city boundary encompasses. Any of that make sense? I'm in kind of a time crunch right now. I have some GIS data for the whole country of Japan to illustrate the above, but doubt it's of any use to you. Instead, check out this weather map - it is divided into city units but is in Japanese. Regions (tohoku) ---> Prefecture (Aomori) ---> City (Misawa). That's basically how all land is divided over here. http://www.mapion.co.jp/weather/index.html PS - the weather forecasts on the above site are HORRIBLE - don't ever trust them. Who knows what they are smoking. Link to post Share on other sites
frannyo 2 Posted January 13, 2004 Share Posted January 13, 2004 35000 for a city, thats not many. Is it true that in the UK a "cathedral" marks a city??? Link to post Share on other sites
mina2 6 Posted January 14, 2004 Share Posted January 14, 2004 There are some tiny cities here for sure. Anyone know what do you call the area that is smaller than a village (mura)? Link to post Share on other sites
Bowler 0 Posted January 14, 2004 Share Posted January 14, 2004 hey frannyo, yeah thats true. gotta have a cathederal if ya wanna be a city in the UK. smallest city in the UK is St. Davids City on the south west coast of Wales. its got like a population of a few hundred i think. ive been there, nothing to it at all!!! just a bunch of fields, a few barns and a whopping cathederal. weird eh!!! Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted January 14, 2004 Share Posted January 14, 2004 really? I didnt know that. who goes to the cathedral then? Link to post Share on other sites
Bowler 0 Posted January 14, 2004 Share Posted January 14, 2004 i dont know who goes but i just checked out there web page and theyve got their very own village gossip forum. u gotta check it out! funny as hell!!! www.stdavids.co.uk/forums check out 'Rhodri Thomas Chill Out Zone'. just absolutely pissed mi sen!!! Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted January 14, 2004 Share Posted January 14, 2004 Lovely!! And here I was expecting talk of afternoon teas, how to bake nice cakes and such like... Bookmaked that one! Classics. http://stdavids.co.uk/forums/fun/posts/2714.html What d'you say to that Mr Matthews! Link to post Share on other sites
frannyo 2 Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 Excellent forum! Link to post Share on other sites
sweetaz 0 Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 That is some seriously funny stuff. Link to post Share on other sites
brit-gob 9 Posted January 16, 2004 Share Posted January 16, 2004 That forum is just the best. This Lucy character sounds like a lot of fun. Why don't the Church People moderate better. Or perhaps these characters ARE the Church People!! I wonder if the webmaster has looked at his stats and is wondering why they're getting lots of hits from a ski website in Japan Link to post Share on other sites
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