"The subway line map is a symbol of the variable city." thx, k.

"a simple wrapper for Yahoo Japan Geocoder API that is used by the official Yahoo Japan's local search widget. This module converts the coordinate into WGS84 from TOKYO datum which is returned by API server."

mapmaking in tokyo and in general

oldest public metro in Japan. (there was a private one somewhere else?)

"also known as John Manjiro, was one of the first Japanese people to visit the Americas" c.1820's Shipwrecked 14-year old fisherman makes good. Map of his travels is great.

"The chōme (district), the banchi (block), & house number (ban) ... are all numbers, [and thus] ... are usually simply written as a string, 1-2-3, starting with the chōme and ending in the ban"

love it.

Like a glammer, more japanese jodi. (a personal page from a japanese version of del.icio.us)

Yes, google has detailed maps of Japan. It even shows you where 7-11, Denny's & McDo are (!?).Also awesome icons for parks, stoplights. High-qual sat avail, too.