Foreward:

This extensive Housing Workshop, commemorating the International Year of Shelter for the Homeless (IYSH), observed in 1987, is jointly organized by the Building Center of Japan (BCJ), Japan Housing Association, and the Ministry of Construction, Japan. The particiaption is subject to selection by a committee. Successful candidates are invited to join a 8 day spree of site visits and seminars in and around Tokyo. All expenses are paid by a grant fund established with the purpose of promoting housing qualititavely and quantitatively in the underdeveloped countries.
When I said the word spree, I meant it literally. We visited eight different housing and research sites in Greater Tokyo and Neighboring Tochigi Prefecture. There's not much to write, rather is a lot to see. I'll be pasting pictures taken during the workshop in the following. I wish I could make the presentation I did when I cam back from there. Oh yes, the workshop ended with a paper submission and debate session att he premise.
The visited sites were European Type Makuhari Housing in Chiba, Renewal of Taishido township at Setagaya, Urban renewal project at T's Hill, Old Town of Tochigi, UDC Building Research Center near Tama, Satelite Tama New Town, Sakura Zutsumi Housing, Sekisui Prefab Factory, and UDC research headqurter near Yasukuni Jinja.