Hokkaido grid
Straight streets and regular blocks in the centre reflect the planned settlement typical of Hokkaido cities.
Tabula geographica minimalis · Japan
43.2003° N / 141.7597° E
A snow-country city on the Ishikari Plain, with a Hokkaido grid of streets, rail lines and farmland





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Iwamizawa lies on the Ishikari Plain in central Hokkaido, north-east of Sapporo. Like many Hokkaido cities, it was laid out relatively recently, and the map shows it. Straight streets form regular blocks in the centre, and the rail lines and main roads cut across them at an angle. Beyond the built-up area, rice fields and farmland stretch out in rectangular plots.
The city grew in the late nineteenth century as a rail junction during the settlement of Hokkaido. It linked Sapporo with the coal-mining areas to the east. Iwamizawa is also known for heavy snowfall, among the highest of any city of its size in Japan, and winter shapes daily life there in a very real way.
An Iwamizawa map poster presents a clean, rational plan set against a flat, open landscape. The grid gives a strong sense of order, the rail lines add dynamic diagonals and the fields form a quiet geometric frame. In monochrome it can look like fresh snow, with the streets drawn as crisp lines.
Straight streets and regular blocks in the centre reflect the planned settlement typical of Hokkaido cities.
Railway lines pass through the city at an angle to the grid, recalling its origins as a junction for coal and settlement.
Rectangular fields of the Ishikari Plain surround the city, forming a quiet geometric frame around the streets.
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For people from Iwamizawa, the map recalls deep winter snow, the long straight streets and the flat plain in summer. It also makes a meaningful gift for someone who moved from Hokkaido to the south or abroad.
Change the title, add a subtitle with a year or a family name, and adjust the coordinates. Then pick Classic black & white, Noir, Paper, Blueprint or Sand. Classic black & white feels right for snow country.
Eme tabulam Iwamizawa| Magnitudo impressionis | Resolutio | Fasciculi |
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| 30 × 40 cm11.8 × 15.7″ | 3,543 × 4,724 px | PNG · PDF |
| 29.7 × 42 cm (A3)11.7 × 16.5″ | 3,508 × 4,961 px | PNG · PDF |
| 42 × 59.4 cm (A2)16.5 × 23.4″ | 4,961 × 7,016 px | PNG · PDF |
| 45.7 × 61 cm18 × 24″ | 5,400 × 7,200 px | PNG · PDF |
| 50 × 70 cm19.7 × 27.6″ | 5,906 × 8,268 px | PNG · PDF |
| 61 × 91.4 cm24 × 36″ | 7,200 × 10,800 px | PNG · PDF |
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