Scale 1:12,500 / 1:670,000. Size 27"x39". International Travel Maps edition. 

Kyoto and Japan West Travel Reference Map, on waterproof paper 4th Ed. In times where an increasing number of countries become dangerous to visit, Japan shines as a beacon of peaceful stability.

This map has two focuses. Kyoto is obviously a very important city to the Japanese, due to its many temples and historic wooden houses, and this map clearly shows everything of touristic interest, including a detailed inset map of nearby Nara. This edition includes a new feature highlighting the main touristic attractions.

As a point of trivia, one should count the number of railway tracks shown west of the main railway station. Even the storage lines are shown, and there are the correct number. That shows just how accurately detailed this map is! The other side is just as important.

It portrays the western half of the main island of Honshu, from Nagoya to Hiroshima and is the second-most visited portion of Japan. All the motorways and towns are shown, but more importantly, all the rail line. Japan has, arguably, the world's best rail system, and a marvelous rail pass for visitors that makes travel easy.

The Shinkensen fast trains whisk one from Tokyo to just about anywhere so quickly that one doesn't appreciate the technology behind such speeds. Regardless, a map concentrating on Osaka, Kyoto. Matsuyama, and points between, at a far better scale than would be possible on a map of the entire country, is an asset of value to any traveller.

Scale 1:12,500 / 1:670,000. Size 27"x39". Indexed. International Travel Maps edition.

ITMB published its first map of Japan in 1989, thanks to artwork provided by an Australian firm. The country map has been replaced and modernized several times since then and, due to the complexities of the shape of Japan, we have provided a series of sectional maps of Japan at improved scales for ease of use; for example, Northern Japan/Hokkaido, Tokyo and Central Japan, and now the great city of Osaka and Western Japan.

Osaka, as a city, offers one of the world’s great treasures – its majestic castle. Apart from that, the city is one of the largest urban areas in Japan and offers a wide range of attractions. The local rapid transit route map is shown on the back cover. The regional map, at an easy-to-use 650,000 scale covers the main island of the country from just west of Tokyo through Nagoya and Kyoto to Matsue in the north and Matsuyama in the south.

To further assist users, a small inset map of the greater Tokyo area from Narita airport to central Tokyo has been included. Naturally, the rail network is well-shown, with the famous Shinkansen lines differentiated.