Tokyo: Culture, Society, and History

 

Ted Bestor, Harvard University

bestor@wjh.harvard.edu

 

 

CONTEMPORARY MAPS

 

Mid-Tokyo Maps – a site maintained by the Mori Building corporation, one of the major real estate developers in Tokyo.  This collection includes very interesting sets of historical as well as contemporary maps and other graphics about the city.

 

JR East map of lines in the Tokyo metropolitan region, in English (an adobe .pdf file)

Map of Tokyo Station and surrounding Marunouchi, Yaesu, and Nihonbashi areas – from The Tokyo Virtual Tour (http://www.3deearts.com/tokyo/whattour.html)

 

Map of Yamanote Line – you can click on selected stations for photos, maps, and text – from The Tokyo Virtual Tour (http://www.3deearts.com/tokyo/whattour.html

Emergency map of Tokyo (from the TMG) – shows locations of refuge areas throughout the city.  Good luck!

 

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