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Mapping of
Historical
  Sites
in   Japan
     Kinya Inoue
Do you know Japan?


                          Japan




                Small
                Far Eastern
                Country
Japan ÈÕ±¾


    Fukushima City


            Tokyo
2008 A Year of My Mapping
These are my Logs from last year.
I love OSM.
Fukushima area   April 2008
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 Tokyo
       near the Imperial Palace.
YASUKUNI Shrine                    Shinto Shrine




         Five million people visit YASUKUNI shrine
         every year to commemorate
         who 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




Now Tsuruga-jo Castle is a Public park.
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.
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 ha ave s a e nt .
    d   ry c ry ve
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!
Mapping of Historical Sites in Japan



        Thank you !


                         Kinya Inoue



      Will you map in Japan ?

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