A prized poster
If you use Tokyo’s subway system then no doubt you have seen this poster on the subway station walls. It is a glorious Official map of the Toyko Metro system, printed in color on heavy paper. It is a good 5 feet long by over 3 feet tall. Unlike most train maps, this one is to scale. The street that I live on is just milimeters away from the top, and with a glance I can pan across the the entire city, arriving to Noborito station near Senshu University (Mukogaoko Yuen station did not make it onto the map) in a second. The legend states that this map is 1:30,000 scale. It would be nice to find a same scaled map of my home town to compare it too.
These maps are sold at the station offices in most Tokyo Subway stations for 1800 yen. This one was purchased at Meiji-jingu Mae back a few months ago, and at some point when it was rolled up it got flattened slightly, hence the ridges that have been highlighted by the camera’s flash.
I thought you could only ’steal’ these. Thanks for keeping me honest!
Comment by Guy — 8/21/2006 @ 5:32 pm
The Greater Tokyo Area (population 35,327,000 at 2005 estimate) covers an area of approximately 13,500 km² (5,200 mi²).
Comparatively, Cherry County, Nebraksa (population 6,148 at 2000 census) covers an area of approximately 5,565 km² (6,010 mi²).
That’s roughly 12% of the population of the United States in roughly the area of the state of Connecticut.
Comment by joe — 8/22/2006 @ 6:03 am
Joe, if you can, find a 1:30,000 scale map of Lincoln somewhere. And then send it to me. If you really wanted one I could bring you a map like this in December.
Comment by John — 8/22/2006 @ 9:05 am
If I can, I will.
I’m going to go down to Nebraska Hall (hopefully today) and see what I can dig up there.
Comment by joe — 8/23/2006 @ 1:44 am