Tai points to the case of Kyoto in Japan. Kyoto, like Wanhua, has lots of small winding neighborhoods and "obstacles" to modern, open-spaced urban development left behind from its history, but when they undertook urban renewal they preserved as much as they could of the existing character, elegance, and cultural ambience of its small lanes and streets.
她以日本京都為例，京都同樣是歷史悠久、五味雜陳的古城，但在都更過程中，卻能盡力維護獨具風情、雅緻恬靜的巷弄文化。