Are you resident in the world's top liveable city?

I bought this magazine named MONOCLE. May be the magazine is created for architects or urban planners but since these two areas revolve around transportation research, I am interested to know what it is all about...

I'm pround to be a Kyotorian. I'm pround to be in Japan!! Let's see what inside the magazine.

THE WORLD'S TOP 25 MOST LIVEABLE CITIES 2008

1. Copenhagen
2. Munich
3. Tokyo
4. Zurich
5. Helsinki
6. Vienna
7. Stockholm
8. Vancouver
9. Melbourne
10.Paris
11.Sydney
12.Honolulu
13.Madrid
14.Berlin
15.Barcelona
16.Montreal
17.Fukuoka
18.Amsterdam
19.Minneapolis
20.Kyoto
21.Hamburg
22.Singapore
23.Geneva
24.Lisbon
25.Portland

The idea of perfect city for this survey is not the one where we can have a driveway full of cars that can whisk us to a number of over air-conditioned malls,or where the best schools are private and good citizens are best tucked up in bed by 22.30 p.m. This survey has not been developed as guide for ex-pats looking for their next plummy posting. Rather, it has been created to identify the cities that put its residents happiness and well-being first.

The survey includes many of the obvious urban candidates but reshuffles the deck by also questioning how fun these places might be on Tuesday evening, how many cinema screens are on offer and how little effort needs to be expended to jump on a bike, find a place to lay a towel, strip off, dive into a refreshing body of water and soak up the late summer sun.

kamo river in shijo-kawaramachi ; example of biodiversity in Kyoto. A city that counts as liveable.

one of the marvelous scenery in autumn; Maruyama Park in Kyoto

entertainment under the bridge at night; photo in autumn 2007.