Although nationwide prices are lagging, land prices in Tokyo rose in 2005 for the first time in 15 years as Japan's steady economic recovery led to strong consumer and commercial demand. The price of property in the Tokyo shopping district of Omotesando, where a new commercial complex called Omotesando Hills opened last month jumped 30.5 per cent. In Tokyo prefecture, residential land prices rose 0.8 percent, while commercial land prices increased 2.9 percent. In the greater Nagoya area in central Japan, where Japan's top automaker Toyota Motor Corp.