ABSTRACT
Cities can be seen as a metaphorical human body composed of arterial, venous and nervous systems. Enormous energy inputs (electricity, gas, water), mass distribution networks (of food and materials) and huge capital inputs (of both real and virtual money) are unceasingly pumped into the city to make the body work. The supplies constitute the urban arterial system. The energy and materials supplied are processed and stored until they need to be used and what is exhausted is recycled through the system in a new form. A kind of venous system caters for that. That is what I am interested in, especially – the role of death in Japanese culture. The typical cityscape in Japan. https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9781315811840/ed3c878f-9599-4bec-ad49-4bba496484d0/content/fig15_1a_B.jpg" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/> The typical cemetery in the landscape in Japan. https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9781315811840/ed3c878f-9599-4bec-ad49-4bba496484d0/content/fig15_1b_B.jpg" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/>
