TOK
‘The Big Mikan.’
Tokyo, as modern capital of Japan, has evolved enormously from its creation as Edo into the modern Tokyo-Yokohama region.
Here, as a highly industrialised region, aided by new land reclamations in Tokyo Bay, has evolved into a major megalopolitan agglomeration being pursued in a similar manner by Osaka-Kobe.
Maps of Tokyo
Overview
Streets and Networks
Satellite View
All maps above provided courtesy of Google Maps.
Population Density
Visualising population density in Global Cities
This interactive map shows population density in 2020, measured in residents per square kilometre.
The data is from the ‘Global Human Settlement Layer’ (GHSL) 2023, produced by the European Commission JRC and the ‘Center for International Earth Science Information Network’ at Columbia University using earth sensing data from the European Copernicus Space Program that Integrates high volumes of satellite data with national census data.
The GHSL describes the settlement geography of the entire globe and has applications for a wide range of research and policy issues related to urban growth, development and sustainability.
Map provided courtesy of LuminoCity3D.org.
Rail Networks
Rail and transport networks in Global Cities
The above map represents the urban metro and light rail network of the city and immediate suburbs. This shows individual rail routes and the level of connectivity for urban travellers across the expanding city’.
Map provided courtesy of UrbanRail.net.
Journals from Tokyo
9. Tokyo + extract (Jorge Almazán & StudioLab)
‘Whilst the original port of Edo was chosen by Tokugawa Ieyasu when Shogun to become capital of Japan, it was only in the late 19th century when the Shogunate was terminated that the city of Tokyo emerged and was to be developed around the mouth of the river with the generally higher ground of the ‘Yamanote’ and the lower ground to the east of the ‘Shitamachi’.’
