Create a hand-drawn map of your Tokyo/Kyoto route
Personal Map Workshop
¥9,0003 hoursMax 4 people
Use traditional symbols, choose your scale. Take home your cartography.
What you'll learn
- 01How to select scale, projection, and symbol set for a personal map of meaningful places
- 02Traditional Japanese cartographic symbols: bridges, shrines, trees, elevation, waterways
- 03How to annotate your map with travel notes, timestamps, and personal observations
Schedule
0:00Meet at a quiet cafe. Introduction to cartographic conventions and materials.
0:30Plan your route. Choose 5-7 places that tell a story from your trip.
1:00Sketch the framework: streets, waterways, key landmarks as anchor points.
1:45Add details: buildings, trees, annotations. Choose your symbol style.
2:30Final touches: compass rose, scale bar, legend. Share and discuss.
Your Guide
Tom Fletcher leads this workshop. He has taught cartography workshops in 4 countries and collects hand-drawn traveler maps.
What's included
- ✓Printed map handout with symbol library
- ✓Compass
- ✓Traditional address decoder card
- ✓Post-walk PDF guide
- ✓Tea stop
- ✓All drawing materials (archival paper, pens, pencils, rulers)
Not included
- −Transport to the workshop location
DUR3 hoursMAX4 peopleRTCreate a hand-drawn map of your Tokyo/Kyoto route
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