Changes in the stores and offices along the Kumamoto Prefectural Road 28 west of the Terasako intersection in Mashiki Town one year after the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake

Abstract

We have confirmed that the commercial activity in Mashiki Town is strongly neighborhood oriented, so that stores are oriented to move to nearby areas when they want to resume their business, although they cannot immediately rebuild on site. The temporary shopping malls built in Mashiki Town were all small in size, and although the tenants were able to be close to their pre-earthquake stores, they faced problems attracting customers due to the decrease in the number of residents in the neighborhood.departmental bulletin pape