Watarase Retention Basin
The broad wetland and reservoir northwest of town is a striking open shape on the map, with Yanaka Lake at its centre and reed beds all around.
Minimalist map poster · Japan
A river town on the Kanto Plain, bounded by the Watarase and Tone rivers and a vast wetland retention basin
36.1833° N / 139.7167° E





One city, five moods
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Actual pixels · 24 × 36″ HD filePrint-sharp
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The map
Koga lies at the western edge of Ibaraki Prefecture, close to where Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma and Saitama meet. Water defines the map. The Watarase River runs along the town's western side, and the Tone River flows nearby to the south. The flat land between them holds railway lines, residential streets and neat blocks of farmland.
Just northwest of the town is the Watarase Retention Basin, one of the largest flood-control reservoirs in Japan. It was created from wetlands and is now a Ramsar-listed wetland. On a poster the heart-shaped Yanaka Lake and the surrounding reed beds form a large, calm shape beside the street pattern of the town.
Koga has a long past. In the Muromachi period it was the seat of the Koga kubō, the branch of the Ashikaga family that governed the Kanto region for more than a century. A Koga map poster places that history in its landscape of rivers, embankments and quiet residential lanes.
The broad wetland and reservoir northwest of town is a striking open shape on the map, with Yanaka Lake at its centre and reed beds all around.
Long river levees trace the western side of the town, clean parallel lines that show how carefully the Kanto Plain's waters are managed.
The area around the railway station holds the densest grid of streets, spreading into residential blocks and then farmland at the edges.
Make it yours
Add a date, a name or a line of your own, switch style, size or orientation.
Free preview is low-resolution with a watermark. The HD version is 7,200 × 10,800 px, 300 DPI, no watermark.
Why Koga
Koga is the kind of place people remember for its rivers and wide skies. The map captures the town and the wetland together in a way that feels calm on a wall.
Personalise the poster with your own title, a subtitle such as a year or a name, and the coordinates line. Five styles are available: Classic black & white, Noir, Paper, Blueprint and Sand.
Get the Koga poster — $9| Print size | Resolution | Files |
|---|---|---|
| 30 × 40 cm | 3,543 × 4,724 px | PNG · PDF |
| 50 × 70 cm | 5,906 × 8,268 px | PNG · PDF |
| A3 · 29.7 × 42 cm | 3,508 × 4,961 px | PNG · PDF |
| A2 · 42 × 59.4 cm | 4,961 × 7,016 px | PNG · PDF |
| 18 × 24" | 5,400 × 7,200 px | PNG · PDF |
| 24 × 36" | 7,200 × 10,800 px | PNG · PDF |
For comparison, the free preview is 900 px wide, watermarked and meant for screens. The HD files have up to 8× the resolution in each direction and print cleanly at full poster size.
Yes. Drag and zoom the map in the editor — centre it on your neighbourhood, the old town or the whole metro area. The text updates independently.
The HD purchase includes 30×40 cm, 50×70 cm, A3, A2, 18×24″ and 24×36″, each as a 300 DPI PNG and a print-ready PDF.
You can download a free 900 px preview with a watermark. The paid HD files have no watermark and are sharp enough for large prints.
Send the PDF to any local print shop or online printing service and ask for the matching paper size. Matte paper and a thin black or oak frame suit this style best.
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