StreetSmartTokyo 2026 Edition

VanDam's new 2026 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 the Roppongi Art Triangle before a musical experience at the Tokyo Blue Note jazz club StreetSmart® Tokyo helps you move around with confidence.

StreetSmart® Tokyo Given the many options Tokyo has to offer this map helps you make the right choices and clearly shows the best public transportation connections right on the map with all exits clearly marked. There is also a bilingual Transit Map Overview to see how all the parts connect.

Tokyo's address system is unique. Few streets are named. Building addresses are not related to streets names and may not be sequential. Addresses are based on city wards (which can measure several sq miles), the chome or subdistrict, and the banchi or block which vary in size and may contain 3-5 buildings. Here is how to find your way: Look for Chome names on telephone or street light poles and the corners of major buildings. A typical address may read as follows: 1 4 8 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo or at times like this: 4 8 Roppongi, 1 chome. The 1 is the chome, 4 is the block number, and 8 the building number. Roppongi is the district, Minatu-Ku is the city ward and Tokyo is the city.

Tokyo arguably has the best public transportation systems in the world. It is without doubt the fastest way to get around town. Subway stations and cars are well marked in both English and Japanese. There are 12 subway lines criss-crossing the city and one can transfer freely between them. There are also four private Toei lines with their own fare system all shown clearly in the system map with the local detail right on the street map. They key is finding the right exit which are clearly marked on all maps. So get StreetSmart Tokyo to travel confidently and gain instant Tokyo StreetSmarts.

Stephan Van Dam is an award-winning cartographer, graphic designer, and information architect. He is the publisher and creative director of New York-based VanDam, Inc. The universal power of maps has been his guiding passion for the past 35 years and fuels his desire to tell stories and construct new realities through maps in all media.
VanDam publishes maps to 125 cities worldwide in five unique formats: StreetSmart, Pop-up, UNFOLDS, @tlas and 4DmApp all of which are highly legible, up-to-date and come in sexy, irresistible packages.
Van Dam holds several patents in the field of paper engineering and origami map folding. His work has been honored by the Industrial Design Society of America (IDSA), the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA), the editors of ID magazine and has been featured on national television and in numerous feature films. Twenty six of VanDam's origami-folding maps are in the MoMA Collection. He presented his 4DmApp at the original TED conference in 2002.