6 Evaluation of the Shiratori and Chikusadai plans

The great beauty of Japan, in traditional times, came from an understanding that human life is most beautiful, when many things are a little small. This emphasizes their preciousness and makes them more intense in their feeling.
Modern western standards have driven this feeling out of Japan, and replaced it with a cruder sense of scale which is just slightly too large. I believe, however, that the desire for this smaller and more intimate scale remains in people’s hearts.

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