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DOWN WITH THE CITIES!Copyright (c) 1996 by Tadashi NAKASHIMADOWN WITH THE CITIES!Copyright (c) 1996 By Nakashima TadashiTranslation from the Japanese of "Toshi woHorobose," first serialized in the periodical KankyoHakai, reprinted in 1992 in book form by the JapanCommunal Society Association, and republished asa commercially available book in 1994 by MaijishaPublishing Co. This translation is of the earliestversion, and does not reflect subsequent updates,additions, and changes by the author.Permission for posting on Project Gutenberg hasbeen securied by the translator from all concernedparties. This translation is to be distributed freelythroughout the world to anyone at all, and is not tobe sold for commercial profit.Mr. Nakashima (born 1920) is a self-sufficientfarmer in the hill country of Gifu Prefecture, Japan.He entered the Army in 1939, and was in Taiwan atthe end of the war. In 1945 he returned to hisfamily farm and began farming. In 1954 Mr.Nakashima began raising free-range chickens, andembarked on the long process of developing hismethod of producing "natural eggs," for which he isnow well known in Japan. About 1975 he started

studying the writings of the Edo Period thinkerAndo Shoeki. He has also written a book entitled"Minomushi Kakumei — Dokuritsu Noumin no Sho"(The Bagworm Revolution — A Book forIndependent Farmers). The author has also writtenand published extensively on free-range chickenfarming.The order of Japanese personal names followsEast Asian custom: surname followed by givenname.Some footnotes are the author's, and others arethe translator's. The latter are identified by thenotation "(Translator's note)" at the end of thosefootnotes.====================================================================================================PREAMBLESaying "Down with the cities!" is not a rashstatement. If we do not get rid of the cities, thehuman race will disappear from the face of theEarth. The cities are none other than the source ofall pollution, and the root of all evil. One may try toleave the cities as they are and get rid of only thepollution, but it will be wasted effort. Environmentaldestruction and pollution are caused by none otherthan the functioning of the urban machine; pollutionis, we may say, the unavoidable respiratoryfunction, metabolic function, and bowel movementsof the cities. If we plug up the nose, mouth, andanus of a human being, is it possible to continueliving? Therefore, if we are to banish urbanpollution from the Earth, we must eliminate thecities themselves.

CHAPTER IUrban SprawlThe cities are spreading out like amoebae. Nomatter what part of the world, and no matter whatkind of political or economic system, the expansionof the cities is more than apparent wherever youlook. If urbanization continues in this manner, theentire surface of the Earth will in time be coveredwith cities.I should explain that by urbanization I do not meanmerely the spread of what we normally call "cities."In urbanization I include interurban buildups, thosealong train lines and roads, housing developments,tourist facilities at resorts, rural factories, and ahost of other things. We must also consider thebuildups in the centers of villages, and asphaltroads in (what is mistakenly considered to be) theboondocks as a kind of urbanization. In otherwords, the city is not just something that wedistinguish from the country by region alone; wemust also make a clear distinction in accordancewith differences in industries (that is, class). To wit,the city is a place that is home to the secondaryand tertiary industries, or is a place where theemployees of such industries dwell. No matter howfar back in the sticks one goes, if one findsanything relating to the secondary or tertiaryindustries — such as public facilities or concreteriver bank walls — such a place must also berecognized as the city.Let us then examine the reasons for theunbounded, continuous expansion of the cities.Reason OneThroughout the entire world, in no matter what

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