SHIOMIDAI COMMUNITY

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The Shiomidai Community

Shiomidai is a sub-locality located on top of the hills in Isogo Ward of Yokohama City, Japan.

The area was developed during the 1960s, when Japan saw a historic economic boom. Shiomidai was mainly developed to alleviate the severe housing crisis caused by the rapid development of the Keihin Industrial Belt along Negishi Bay. Therefore, the sub-locality mainly consists of housing complexes to accommodate the people who worked at the factories of Toshiba, Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries (IHI), Tokyo Gas, Tokyo Electric Power Company, and other energy and manufacturing companies along the Keihin Industrial Belt.

The Shiomidai Housing Complex

Keihin Industrial Belt (Negishi Bay area)

Location of Shiomidai (Google Maps)