Tokyo Subway Map

Down below you can find a useful Tokyo Metro map and Tokyo subway map.

The Tokyo subway system is a vast, labrynth-like system that will shock and stun any newcomer on first glance of the line and station map. It is the busiest subway system in the world with 8.66 million passengers riding daily. You may have seen footage on tv of station attendants pushing commuters into packed trains in order to allow the doors to close, during peak hours - particularly the last train of the night.

The Tokyo subway system consists of the Tokyo Metro - a system jointly owned by the Japanese government and the Tokyo Metropolitan government, as well as the Toei System which is owned by the Tokyo Metropolitan government alone. Passengers can transfer between the two systems using pre-paid commuter passes, but those paying cash will have to buy separate tickets for each system. The Metro system features 9 subway lines, featuring 168 stations. It has a daily ridership of 6.33 million. The Toei system consists of 4 lines featuring 106 stations. It has a daily ridership of 2.33 million.

This first one is a Tokyo subway map that includes not only the subway but also the JR Yamanote Line which loops around the city center. This map is useful because the Yamanote line intersects with the subway lines at many stations, and many people transfer between the two systems.



This next one is just a simple Tokyo subway map without the other above-ground trains. If you will only be riding the subway, or your commuter pass is only good for the underground subway lines, then this map will be useful for you.



This last map is a Tokyo Metro map showing the distinction of the Metro System and the Toei System (which is shown in the faded color lines in the background). Functually, they are often referred to together as the "Tokyo Metro" but technically they are separate systems and use a different ticketing system.

Detailed Map of Tokyo

Here you can find a large and detailed map of Tokyo.

Such a large and detailed map is necessary because it is such a gigantic city that you need to really study a map of it in order to orient yourself. You can live in Tokyo for years and still easily get lost and not know where you are in relation to other neighbourhoods.

It is hard to explain what Tokyo is as a political entity. There used to be a city of Tokyo as well as a Tokyo Prefecture, like a province. But in 1943 these two governments were merged into one called the Tokyo Metropolis. So now when we speak of Tokyo, we are either speaking about the metropolis (which is the former Tokyo Prefecture in its entirety) or we are speaking about the 23 "Special Wards" that used to comprise the city of Tokyo. The 23 special wards have a population of 8,967,665. The entire Metropolis has a population of 13,185,502. It gets further complicated when we talk about the entire metropolitan area that includes surrounding cities and suburbs. The population of that entire metro area (of which Tokyo Metropolis is a part) is over 35 million, making it the most populous metropolitan area in the world.



I hope the above map of Tokyo gives you a better idea of the layout of the city and just how massive it is.

Osaka Map

Down below you can choose a good Osaka map to help you prepare for your travels.

Osaka is technically the third most populous city in Japan after Tokyo and Yokohoma. But since Yokohama is part of metro Tokyo, Osaka is normally considered to be the second largest city in Japan. Osaka city has a resident population of 2.6 million, while Osaka prefecture (similar to a province) has 8.86 million. And the urban Keihanshin belt of the Kansai region, consisting of Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe, and the belt of suburbs connecting them, has a population of 18 million people.

The first map is a map of the Osaka region, which is called interchangably "Kansai" or "Kinki". This region includes not only Osaka but other major cities such as Kobe and Kyoto, and other smaller but important towns like Nara and Wakayama.



The next one is a popular Osaka map for tourists. This is a map you can get at tourist information centers in Osaka.



The next one is an Osaka train and subway map. This map will be essential for navigating Osaka`s labrynth-like transportation system. Thankfully it`s nowhere near as bad as Tokyo!



Hopefully at least one of the above maps was what you were looking for. If not, don`t worry because you can find them on arrival at tourist information centers at Kansai International airport, or at major stations like Namba, Umeda, and Tennoji.

Tokyo City Street Map

Tokyo is a huge metropolitan area. The 23 special wards of Tokyo prefecture (which are collectively considered to be Tokyo City proper)have a combined population of over 8.5 million, making it slightly more populous than New York City. Tokyo prefecture has a population of over 12 million, and the Greater Tokyo conurbation including the urban areas in neighbouring prefectures like Kanagawa and Chiba, has a population of over 35 million people. It is the most populous metropolitan area in the world.

This mammoth size can make Tokyo confusing to navigate, especially since the street name and address system is very different from what you may be used to. Hope this Tokyo City Street Map can help you get around without trouble.






I hope you found these Tokyo City street map downloads useful. If you have any maps more useful than these, I'd love to get my hands on them so I can add them to the collection.

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Political Physical Maps Of Japan

Here you can find political/physical maps of Japan.

There are 8 clearly defined regions in Japan: Hokkaido, Tohoku, Kanto, Chubu, Kansai, Chugoku, Shikoku, and Kyushu & Okinawa. But in terms of political divisions, Japan is made up of 47 prefectures, each with an elected governor and legislature.















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Physical Features Map Of Japan

Here you can find a physical features map of Japan for download or printing. Japan is an archipelago consisting of more than 3,000 islands in the Pacific Ocean, in Northeast Asia. Its 4 biggest islands are Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, and Shikoku.

Japan lies to the east of Korea and China, and to the southeast of Russia. The southermost Ryukyu islands of Okinawa prefecture are very near the Republic of China (Taiwan). And the island of Hokkaido borders Russia in the Sea of Okhotsk, where Russia currently occupies the southern Kuril islands that the USSR seized from Japan in WWII, subsequently expelling the Japanese residents.

Japan's total land area is 377,873 km² (145,883 square miles), though 70-80% of the country is mountainous uninhabitable land. That gives Japan's mainly coastal inhabitable areas an extremely high population density, with 130 million people squeezed into limited space. The coastal strip around Osaka Bay, extending from Hyogo Prefecture through Osaka and Wakayama Prefectures, is like one sprawling megacity with no uninhabited areas. I should know, because I live here! (^0^)/
Greater Tokyo is even more massive and densely populated.











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Ancient Map Of Japan

If you are looking for an ancient map of Japan, you can find a few here. I'm no expert on pre-Meiji Restoration Japan, so I won't B.S. about old Japanese history. But I do work in Nara prefecture, which used to be called "Yamato" province and was the center of rule in Japan for several hundred years in ancient times, from approximately 250 CE to 710 CE. So while I don't know the history in detail, I do walk in the footsteps of that history every day. (^-^)

Map of Japan in the 7th century during the Yamato Period, when Japan was ruled form Yamato province (in present-day Nara prefecture).



Map of Japan's administrative areas in the 10th century.



A thorough map of the provinces of ancient Japan in the Sengoku Jidai, "The Warring State Period".



Here's another great map of Japan in the sengoku jidai, but it is labelled entirely in Japanese characters.



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Geographical Maps of Korea and Japan

Here you can find geographical maps of Korea and Japan, two neighbouring countries and peoples that have a lot in common. There has most definitely been a lot of historical migration between the two countries because of their close proximity. This is evident in the linguistic similarity between the Japanese and Korean languages, which share an almost identical grammatical system (though the vocabulary is almost entirely different).

Today's Japanese people are certainly partially descended from Korean migrants, though they are thoroughly blended into the nation's people and not identified. There is today, however, a significant minority of ethnic Koreans living in Japan without Japanese citizenship. These people are mainly descendants of those brought to Japan during the colonial times from 1910 to 1945.

Japan is an archipelago consisting of over 3000 islands, including the 4 main islands of Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku, and Hokkaido. Its total land area is 377,873 km², roughly 1/10 these size of the United States. Japan's population is approximately 128 million.

Korea is no longer a state, but the Korea Peninsula is shared between two states, South Korea and North Korea. It's total land area is 220,186 km², and the combined population of both states is 72,014,000.







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