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Town-centre regeneration · Tsuruga, Japan

Tsuruga City Central Hub District Urban Regeneration Project

敦賀市中心拠点地区 都市再生整備計画（都市構造再編集中支援事業）

Completed

¥3.20bn
Actual expenditure · Actual, final
JPY
Not published No construction start date has been published.
Construction duration
8
Components
Road, Public square, Pedestrian infrastructure, Parking, Public realm, Education
Aerial view of the lawn, buildings and covered walkways west of Tsuruga Station
Tsuruga · Station west-side redevelopment
People sitting around curved seating on the lawn outside the station-side buildings in Tsuruga
Tsuruga · Seating and public space
Broad lawn and a long covered walkway in the Tsuruga station redevelopment
Tsuruga · Lawn and covered walkway

Overview

A five-year plan to remake the area around JR Tsuruga station ahead of the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension: station forecourts on both sides, a covered walkway and plaza on the west side, greening along National Route 8, a station car park and a new integrated primary and junior-high school. Half of the grant-eligible cost was met by national grant under the Urban Structure Reorganisation Intensive Support Project.

PlaceTsuruga, Japan
Population63,039
Source

Whole municipality (resident register), 2023
StatusCompleted
Programme period 1 Apr 2019 → 31 Mar 2024
Source
Programme area213.5 ha
Source
Public bodies 敦賀市 Tsuruga City (Accountable body)
国土交通省 Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (Funding body)

Money

Programme-level figures. Component costs, where published, are listed under each component below and are a different concept from the programme total.

Grant-eligible programme expenditure (交付対象事業費), FY2019–FY2023. Core projects ¥3,177.4m plus proposal projects ¥19.5m.

Who paid

In GBP

Nominal, 2023 exchange rate
£18.28m
Calculated
¥3,196,900,000 ÷ 174.92 JPY per £1 (2023 annual average market rate)
Original amount (JPY)
¥3,196,900,000
Exchange rate, 2023 ↗
174.92 JPY per £1
Nominal market-rate conversion. No adjustment for price differences or inflation.
PPP-adjusted, 2023
£22.51m
Calculated
¥3,196,900,000 ÷ 93.83 (JPY per international $, PPP) × 0.661 (GBP per international $, PPP)
Original amount (JPY)
¥3,196,900,000
JPY PPP factor, 2023 ↗
93.83 JPY per international $
GBP PPP factor, 2023 ↗
0.661 GBP per international $
Purchasing-power parity adjusts for what money buys in each country. OECD GDP PPPs, not construction-specific prices.

Calculated from the original JPY figure. Expand a value to see the factor and its source. How conversion works.

Per resident

¥50,713
Calculated
¥3,196,900,000 ÷ 63,039 residents
Actual expenditure (Actual, final) ↗
¥3,196,900,000
Population, 2023 (Whole municipality (resident register)) ↗
63,039
Denominator is the Whole municipality (resident register) population.
headline figure ÷ Whole municipality (resident register) population

What was built

Road

Municipal Road No. 175
Source

市道175号線

Road works. Original plan ¥11.0m.

80.8 m
Source
¥8.00m Actual, final
Source
Completed
Public square

East Shinkansen Station Forecourt
Source

新幹線駅前広場（東）

Station square on the east (Shinkansen) side. Original plan ¥250.0m.

2,300 m²
Source
¥180.00m Actual, final
Source
Completed
Public square

West Station Plaza (otta site)
Source

敦賀駅西地区土地活用事業地内施設

Plaza within the west-side land-use development, TSURUGA POLT SQUARE "otta".

2,400 m²
Source
¥94.50m Actual, final
Source
Completed
Pedestrian infrastructure

West Station Covered Walkway
Source

敦賀駅西地区土地活用事業地内キャノピー付遊歩道

Canopied walkway. ¥84.6m grant-eligible; ¥42.3m privately funded.

747 m²
Source
¥126.90m Actual, final
Source
Completed
Parking

East Station Parking
Source

新幹線駅駐車場（東）

Station car park; ¥98.3m grant-eligible. The evaluation gives its area as 1,450 m² in the main table and 3,900 m² in an appendix; the main table value is stored. Original plan ¥300.0m.

1,450 m²
Source
¥393.40m Actual, final
Source
Completed Excluded from comparison
Public realm

Route 8 Public Realm / Greening
Source

国道８号空間

Greening and high-quality public space along National Route 8. Original plan ¥110.0m.

5,500 m²
Source
¥59.70m Actual, final
Source
Completed
Pedestrian infrastructure

East Station Pedestrian / Accessibility Infrastructure
Source

新幹線駅前広場（東）（歩行支援施設）

Pedestrian support and barrier-free facilities at the east forecourt, added in the 2021 plan revision.

1,450 m²
Source
¥807.00m Actual, final
Source
Completed
Education

Integrated Primary / Junior-High School
Source

角鹿小中一貫校（小学校・中学校）

Tsunoga integrated compulsory-education school. Original plan ¥1,890.0m. 58% of grant-eligible programme expenditure.

18,000 m²
Source
¥1.85bn Actual, final
Source
Completed Excluded from comparison

Timeline

Construction startedNot published
Original planned completionFY2023 (to March 2024) Planned
Source
Actual completion31 Mar 2024 Actual
Source
Construction durationNot published No construction start date has been published.
Programme duration
5 years
Calculated
1 Apr 2019 → 31 Mar 2024
Programme started
1 Apr 2019
Programme ended
31 Mar 2024
Schedule variance
0 months
Calculated
31 Mar 2024 − FY2023 (to March 2024)
Original planned completion
FY2023 (to March 2024) (taken as 31 Mar 2024)
Actual completion
31 Mar 2024
Cost varianceNot published No original programme budget has been published to compare against.

Outcomes

Population density of the urban-function inducement area
Source

people per hectare · Actual is the evaluation's projected value (見込値), measured July 2023; a confirmed value was due March 2025.
Baseline 201739.5
Target 202339.5
Actual 202335.1
Target not met
JR Tsuruga Station average daily boardings
Source

people per day · Projected value (見込値), July 2023. The evaluation attributes the shortfall to the one-year delay of the Hokuriku Shinkansen opening (to March 2024) and to the pandemic covering most of the plan period.
Baseline 20163,610
Target 20234,510
Actual 20233,260
Target not met
Central-city pedestrian and cycle traffic
Source

people counted · Measured Sep–Nov 2023 at the Kehi Jingu crossing, weekday and holiday combined.
Baseline 20182,331
Target 20232,686
Actual 20232,150
Target not met
TSURUGA POLT SQUARE "otta" visitors
Source

people per year · No target was set. Actual is April–December 2023 counted plus an estimate for the remaining months.
Baseline 20180
TargetNone set
Actual 2023655,900
No target

Evidence

Evidence: Moderate 4 sources · 1 project evaluation · 2 government documents · 1 official statistics release

  1. Form 2: Urban Regeneration Improvement Plan post-project evaluation, Tsuruga City Central Hub District (Urban Structure Reorganisation Intensive Support Project), March 2025
    様式2 都市再生整備計画 事後評価原案 敦賀市中心拠点地区（都市構造再編集中支援事業） 令和7年3月
    敦賀市 (Tsuruga City) · Project evaluation · accessed 12 Sep 2026
  2. Urban Regeneration Improvement Plan Projects (formerly the Machizukuri Grant)
    都市再生整備計画事業（旧まちづくり交付金）
    国土交通省 (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism) · Government · accessed 12 Sep 2026
  3. Tsuruga City statistics: households and population trend, year comparison (resident register, end of September each year)
    敦賀市統計情報 世帯数・人口の推移（年比較）
    敦賀市 (Tsuruga City) · Official statistics · accessed 12 Sep 2026
  4. Publication of the post-project evaluation results for the Urban Regeneration Improvement Plan (Tsuruga City Central Hub District)
    都市再生整備計画（敦賀市中心拠点地区）事後評価の結果を公表します
    敦賀市 (Tsuruga City) · Government · 28 Feb 2026 · accessed 12 Sep 2026

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