Tokyo old map

You can find on this page the Tokyo old map to print and to download in PDF. The Tokyo historical map and the vintage map of Tokyo present the past and evolutions of the city of Tokyo in Japan.

Tokyo historical map

Tokyo historical map

The Tokyo old map shows evolutions of Tokyo city. This historical map of Tokyo will allow you to travel in the past and in the history of Tokyo in Japan. The Tokyo ancient map is downloadable in PDF, printable and free.

In 1869, the 17-year-old Emperor Meiji moved to Edo (see Tokyo historical map). Tokyo was already the nation political and cultural center, and the emperor residence made it a de facto imperial capital as well, with the historical former Edo Castle becoming the Imperial Palace. The city of Tokyo was established, and continued to be the capital until it was abolished as a municipality in 1943 and merged with the “Metropolitan Prefecture” of Tokyo.

Tokyo antique map

Tokyo vintage map

The Tokyo vintage map give a unique insight into the history and evolution of Tokyo city. This vintage map of Tokyo with its antique style will allow you to travel in the past of Tokyo in Japan. The Tokyo vintage map is downloadable in PDF, printable and free.

Japan as we know it began to coalesce around AD 300 in what is now known as the Kansai region, an area to the vintage west of Tokyo encompassing the present day cities of Kyoto, Osaka and Nara as you can see in Tokyo vintage map. Though the Japanese archipelago had been inhabited for at least 30,000 years, waves of immigration from the vintage continent began to shake things up at this time, with the introduction of new technologies, such as wet rice farming.