How many Tokyos do you see?

Not a guide. A collection of lenses for re-reading the city.

Layers of Time
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GSI Historical Maps

Official historical map layers of Japan and Tokyo

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NDL Digital Collections

National Diet Library archive for historical Tokyo material

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Tokyo Digital Museum

Metropolitan archives and exhibitions online

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Great Kanto Earthquake Archive

1923 disaster records and city rebirth

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Edo-Tokyo Open Air Museum

Relocated historical buildings you can walk through

Living Neighborhoods
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Tokyo Cheapo

Practical local living tips, not tourist traps

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GO TOKYO

Official city guide from the Tokyo Convention & Visitors Bureau

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Japan Guide: Tokyo

Area-based overview for orienting neighborhood choices

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TimeOut Tokyo

Local-facing city coverage beyond tourism

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Tokyo Station City

Station as neighborhood: a uniquely Tokyo concept

Taste & Third Places

Tabelog

Japanese locals' own restaurant ratings

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SAVOR JAPAN Tokyo

Restaurant curation with context beyond rankings

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Ramen Adventures

Deep-dive ramen cartography

Cafict

Coffee culture mapping in Tokyo

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Matcha

Cultural context for food and craft

Subculture & Scene
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Akihabara Guide

The district's own voice, not outsiders' view

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Tokyo Gig Guide

Live music scene mapping

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Tokyo Fashion

Street fashion as cultural document

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Tokyo International Film Festival

Tokyo's flagship moving-image culture platform

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Mandarake

Subculture archaeology in physical form

Built Form
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ArchDaily Tokyo

Architecture criticism and documentation

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Tokyo Bureau of Urban Development

Official planning and redevelopment information

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Real Tokyo Estate

How space and neighborhood character are changing

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Tokyo Metro Map

The railway as the city's true skeleton

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Japan Property Central

Real estate as urban anthropology

Green Margins
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Tokyo Park Guide

Official parks with seasonal context

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Shinjuku Gyoen

A central green refuge with seasonal landscape

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Weathernews Sakura

Cherry blossom as temporal mapping

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Mount Takao Area Guide

Nature-focused day-trip perspective from central Tokyo

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Mt. Takao Guide

The city's green edge, one hour out

Data & Imagination
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Tokyo Open Data

Government data visualizations

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RESAS

Regional economic analysis system

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Geospatial Info Authority

Official topographic and elevation data

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e-Stat GIS

Japanese statistics mapped by area and indicator

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Tokyo Location Archive

Tokyo as cinematic backdrop