September 25, 2025, marked the arrival of the first 100 “citizens” in a special area of Tsukinomiya City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan—their new homes are not ordinary communities but the first phase of “Woven City,” a project costing Toyota $10.1 billion (approximately 723 billion RMB). This future city, rising from the site of the former East Fuji Motor Car Factory, has already earned Japan’s first “LEED Community Platinum” certification, behind which lies the grand ambition of this century-old automaker to transcend the boundaries of car manufacturing and seize control of the future industry.​A city as a “fully immersive laboratory”​Inside Woven City,…