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Com
ing
Attra
ctio
n:
Taka
razu
ka
Taka
razu
ka
Fam
ous
thea
trica
l/mus
cial
troup
e or
revu
e
Som
ewha
t lik
e th
e R
ocke
felle
r Cen
ter
Roc
kette
s–
danc
e, m
usic
, gla
mou
r
All-f
emal
e re
vue
–co
ncei
ved
of a
s “fe
mal
e Ka
buki
” (Ka
buki
onl
y ha
s m
ale
acto
rs)
Taka
razu
kaFa
ntas
tical
ly p
opul
ar p
opul
arcu
lture
sin
ce
the
1920
sM
any
ador
ing
fem
ale
fans
An e
xam
ple
of O
saka
-bas
ed p
opul
ar c
ultu
re
beco
min
g na
tiona
l
(192
0s p
rosp
erity
of O
saka
, des
truct
ion
of
Toky
o)
Taka
razu
ka
Taka
razu
ka
Taka
razu
ka
Taka
razu
ka
Taka
razu
ka
New
Tak
araz
uka
thea
ter
in c
entra
l Tok
yo
Taka
razu
ka
Appe
aled
to th
e gr
owth
of (
inve
ntio
n of
) the
sh
ojo
(the
mai
den)
as
a cu
ltura
l/soc
ial
fixtu
re
Rel
ated
to th
e el
onga
tion
of a
dole
scen
ce
and
pre-
adul
t sta
tus
as a
resu
lt of
in
dust
rial m
oder
nity
, edu
catio
n sy
stem
, nu
clea
r fam
ily s
yste
m
Taka
razu
ka
Taka
razu
ka a
nd th
e de
velo
pmen
t of
“railr
oad
urba
nism
”
Han
kyu
railr
oad,
priv
ate
RR
in O
saka
are
a
Built
Tak
araz
uka
amus
emen
t par
k at
one
en
d of
line
, dev
elop
ed d
epar
tmen
t sto
res
at o
ther
end
Rai
lroad
urb
anis
m
•In
tegr
atio
n of
com
mut
er ra
ilway
s•
Dep
artm
ent s
tore
s at
term
inal
s•
Rea
l est
ate
deve
lopm
ents
alo
ng th
e ra
il rig
ht o
f way
•Am
usem
ent p
arks
, spo
rts te
ams,
oth
er
attra
ctio
ns a
t the
dis
tant
end
of t
he ra
il lin
es
Toky
o ra
il/su
bway
sys
tem
Rai
lroad
urb
anis
m
Fund
amen
tally
sha
ped
the
char
acte
r of
urba
n ex
perie
nce
in O
saka
and
Tok
yo
from
the
1920
s to
the
pres
ent-d
ay
Toky
o –
Toky
ulin
e, S
eibu
line
, Tob
u lin
e
Rai
lroad
urb
anis
m
The
crea
tion
of th
e “e
kim
ae” –
the
stat
ion
plaz
aAt
firs
t site
sof
civ
ic g
rand
eur
By 1
920s
, tak
ing
on c
hara
cter
of s
akar
iba
–en
terta
inm
ent d
istri
cts
(in E
do, t
hese
wer
e at
brid
ges
and
alon
g ca
nals
)