Mapping of Historical

Sites in Japan

Kinya Inoue

Do you know Japan?

Japan

Small Far Eastern Country

Japan 日本

Tokyo

Fukushima City

2008 A Year of My MappingThese are my Logs from last year. I love OSM.

April 2008Fukushima area

Fukushima area June 2009

I often map towns.

And often map highways.R115 in Soma city

I've mapped coastlines too.Haragama Harbor

I've also mapped some Volcanos.Azuma_kofuji Volcano

Mapping of Volcanos with my family.

I mapped this Roller Coaster.

Roller Coaster Log.

Mapping of Historical Sites in Japan

Today I'll introduce some Mapping of historical sites in the East Japan area.

First, ZOJOJI Buddhist Temple

ZOJOJI is a famous Buddhist temple in Tokyo.

ZOJOJI Temple of Buddhism

Mapping of ZOJOJI Log

We can use only low resolution satellite photos in Japan.Landsat pictures are not clear enough for detailed mapping. Walking a lot and recording a lot of points are necessary for detailed mapping in Japan.

Before Mapping of ZOJOJI

After Mapping of ZOJOJI

YASUKUNI Shrine Shinto Shrine

YASUKUNI Shrine is a famous Shinto Shrine .

YASUKUNI Shrine Shinto Shrine

YASUKUNI Shrine is in Tokyonear the Imperial Palace.

YASUKUNI Shrine Shinto Shrine

Five million people visit YASUKUNI shrineevery year to commemoratewho died in wars.

Mapping of YASUKUNI Shrine Log

Before Mapping of YASUKUNI Shrine

After Mapping of YASUKUNI Shrine

TSURUGAOKA Shrine Shinto Shrine

TSURUGAOKA Shrine Shinto Shrine

TSURUGAOKA Shrine Shinto Shrine

TSURUGAOKA Shrine Shinto Shrine

TSURUGAOKA Shrine has about 800 years of history.

TSURUGAOKA Shrine Shinto Shrine

The samurai practiced their religion at this shrine.

Mapping of TSURUGAOKA Shrine Log

Before Mapping of TSURUGAOKA Shrine

After Mapping of TSURUGAOKA Shrine

Tsuruga-jo Castle in Aizu Wakamatsu City

Tsuruga-jo Castle in Aizu Wakamatsu City

Tsuruga-jo castle has about 600 years of history.

Tsuruga-jo Castle in Aizu Wakamatsu City

Tsuruga-jo is in the center of Aizu Wakamatsu City.The castle is surrounded by the deep moats and the stone walls.

Tsuruga-jo Castle in Aizu Wakamatsu City

Tsuruga-jo Castle in Aizu Wakamatsu City

Tsuruga-jo Castle in Aizu Wakamatsu City

This building was rebuilt 45 years ago.

Tsuruga-jo Castle in Aizu Wakamatsu City

Mapping of Tsuruga-jo Castle Logs

Mapping of Tsuruga-jo Castle Logs

The outer perimeter Tsuruga-jo Castle is about 2.5km.I want to do detailed mapping.Then, I walked about 23km.around the outer regions of the castle on this day.

Now Tsuruga-jo Castle is a Public park.

Mapping of Turuga-jo Castle Logs

I walked and walked.

I recorded a lot of points.

Before Mapping of Tsuruga-jo Castle

After Mapping of Tsuruga-jo Castle

After Mapping of Tsuruga-jo Castle

I had a very scary event .I was concentrating very deeply about mapping the castle and walking around to various places around the castle.

I was walking and mapping on the retaining_wall that surronds the castle. Let's go map!!

Let's go map! Walk and Walk!

Let's go map! Walk and Walk!

OH NO!I was in a dangerous zone.

I noticed that I was standing on a wall behind some targets that were being used for Japanese Archery.Some pepole were practicing Archery.

Training field for Archery.

Let's go map!

Thank you !

Mapping of Historical Sites in Japan

Kinya Inoue

Will you map in Japan ?