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VanDam's new 2023 StreetSmart® Tokyo maps all top attractions including museums, shrines, palaces, temples, hotels, markets and more at an immensely legible scale complete with 3-D building illustrations & nine distinct walking tours. Clear information design allows users to read the map from three feet away and has earned VanDam maps a place in the MoMA Collection. The map is film-laminated, accordion folded and pocket size. Coverage: Tokyo Area Map 1:50,000; Marunouchi /Ginza Map 1:15,000; Shibuya/Harajuku/Akasaka/Aoyama /Roppongi/Azabu Map 1:15,000; Shinjuku Map 1:12,000; Ueno Map 1:8,000; Asakusa Map 1:7,400; Tokyo Metro Transit Map (Bilingual) StreetSmart® Tokyo makes the world's most populous metropolis ― 38 million inhabitants and $2 trillion in economic activity, ― accessible and easy to navigate. Detailed block by block maps cover all major districts including: Shinjuku-ku, Shibuya-ku, Ginza, Harajuku, Akasaka, Aoyama, Roppongi, Azabu, Marunouchi, Ueno and Asakusa.There is also a Metropolitan Overview Map with transit lines to put it all in context and make your visit a success. StreetSmart® Tokyo maps nine self-guided tours from the Imperial Palace’s East Gardens Walk through the glittering Ginza shopping district Walk to the Tsukiji fish market, the world's largest. Then board the JR Yamamote train to Shinjuku to visit the free observatories atop the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Towers then explore Shinjuku’s saucy cabarets and energizing night life. You will walk with confidence from Shibuya crossing (2,500 people at each light change) via hip Cat Street Shops toOmotesando for high-end design shopping amidst jaw dropping modern architecture to the forested tranquility of the Meji shrine. A History walk guides you from a 1,378 year old Buddhist shrine Senso-ji shrine in Asakusa across the Sumida river to the mind bending views from the futuristic Tokyo Skytree. Whether you want to visit the grand collection of art museums in Ueno, or explore