Outline of the project Sendai, located in the north of Honshu Island in Japan
(Tohoku region), two hours by bullet train from Tokyo, is the biggest city in the Tohoku region. It has a population of 1,024,863 and 440,256 households (Aug. 1, 2004). While Sendai has been continuing its development as the core city of the Tohoku region, it is also facing difficulties with regard to public housing, such as we pointed out in the above section