This paper explores the process of urban development of Shanghai Japanese district and analyzes its spatial character from about the 1890s to the 1930s, focusing on the North Sichuan Road district where a lot of Japanese lived from the 1910s to the 1940s.<br>The essay describes the road and land development conducted by the Municipal Council that was controlled mainly by British officials, residential development by British and Japanese companies, and adaption by Japanese residents in Chinese or Foreign built houses to create their living environment in North Sichuan Road district. Finally, the paper examines the spatial relationships between the North Sichuan Road district and the other European settlements in Shanghai at that time.<br>It is found that North Sichuan Road Japanese district was a suburban town that was mainly constructed by European authorities. At the same time, Japanese tended to plan the other necessary urban facilities in a flexible way in the European Settlement to support their activities in Shanghai.