Research Guides: A Guide to Japanese Studies Resources: Geography

Geography

Geographical Survey Institute of Japan
国土地理院
Japan Atlas
Japanese Historical Maps
UC Berkeley's Japanese historical map images. The database can be searched by county, province, author, keywords, & data fields.
Japanese Maps of the Tokugawa Era
Historical agricultural GIS map of the Kanto Plain
Includes downloadable GIS data useful for understanding the transformation of the Kanto Plain (Tokyo, Yokohama, etc.) from a predominantly agricultural area to its present, densely-populated state. Japanese only.
日本歴史地名大系 (Nihon Rekishi Chimei Taikei)
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日本歴史地理大系　Accessible via Japan Knowledge. Japanese-language dictionary of historical geography & maps. Search by keywords.
Journal of Geography
地学雑誌 (Tokyo Geographical Society)
地方史データベース