Checked Shellfish Hunting Map in Japan?

In Japan, from spring to summer, many family goes to Shellfish hunting. Shellfish hunting is a Japanese family leisure time activity. I used to go when I was a kid. Do you go shellfish hunting in your country? I didn't notice until now, but I think this is a Japanese culture.

Best time to go shellfish hunting is spring, because tide goes on the further ebb. The best season differs on the places you go, so check on this shellfish hunting map in Japan.
What kind of shellfish can you get. Of course it differs on the places you go, but here are the example


Asari


Kagamigai


Shiofuki


Bakagai


Hamaguri


Mategai
This shellfish, Mategai is little bit different from the other. In order to get, first you but salt in its hole, then wait until it come out, and pull it out.
Here is a video from You Tube of Mategai Hunting.





Seems like Mategai is called Razor clam in english. Video of Razor clam oversea. It is much bigger than Japanese.


Things to brig, dress up like this.



Map of Shellfish Hunting
About Shellfish Hunting (images from here)

Looking for place to go for BBQ? Map of Japan

It is getting hotter and hotter. The summer is coming! It's time for BBQ! But where should I go? Use this map to state where to go.




Japanese houses don't have a big yard like an American houses in the movies. So we usually go out to like river side, lake side, or a park for BBQ. Places introduced in this BBQ map of Japan, it has water and toilet and a small places for fire and stuff. That is why this BBQ map pf Japan comes in handy!
For us BBQ is quite a work, because we have to bring thing for BBQ. So some of the place offers BBQ kit service. People come to that place with out anything, even meat. We just bring ourselves and friend. Then the place is prepared for us for BBQ. I herd that their is a BBQ staff, and the staff will do everything for you, prepare fire, bake meet, and clean. That's why this map show the number prepare service. But I think that's no fun. Doing all by our self is the fun of BBQ. Oh, I want to go BBQ now.


Mapple BBQ page

Hawaii in Old Japanese Map? Map of Japan

Followup of Hatsusaburou Yoshida. Japanese map painter Hatsusaburou Yoshida (1884-1955) succeeded in Taisho to Souwa era. He left 3000 map of Japan in his life.

Unlike the map today, Hatsusaburou's map is unrealistic and very about written. I didn't know about him until yesterday, abut I kinda like his map. It is fun to see places that exist today in a old map of Japan. Also It is fun because in Hatsusaburou's map, places so far apart is written. In this picture, way in the horizon, there is Hawaii. Isn't is charming? Too bad this Picture is small. I couldn' t find a bigger map.

It is impossible to see Hawaii from Japan, but Hatsusabrou wrote it on the map. I bet it exited people in that age. I think people that age, didn't think about Hawaii in daily life, but when they look at the map they remember that there is Hawaii and imagines as if they are there. It is like, imaging as if you are there by looking at a travel book. Actually, Hatsutaro's maps were soled to traveling company for pamphlet, so it was like a travel book today.

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Wikipedia Hatsusabou Yoshida
Hatsusabou Yoshida and Choukanzu (images fome here)

Want to see old Map of Japan? Map of Japan-Tokyo

Here is an old rail map of Tokyo Japan.



Crowded place in the very left of the map is Tokyo, the mountain on the back is Mt.Fuji, big facility with white road in front of Mt.Fuji is an amusement park, the mountain on the upper right is Takao-yama with Shrine Takaosan Yakuouinn and low right corner is the Tamagoryou the Imperial mausoleum.

Here is a Google Map with places marks of the places mentioned above. I marked it so maybe not precise.


View Old map of Tokyo in a larger map

This old map of Japan was drawn by Hatsusaburou Yoshida, a Japanese Map painter. Born 1884 and left 3000 pieces of map in his life. His way of drawing is called "Choukanzu" which is a technique of painting a map from above slightly from the side. Succeeded during sightseeing boom in Taisho and Shouwa era (1912-1989).




Old Map of Japan is interesting because they are non-realism pictures.

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World of Hatsusaburou Yoshida
Hatsusaburou Yoshida
Map Communications Museum (images borrowed from here)