Castle hill
The wooded hill at the city's heart holds Matsuyama Castle and its grounds. On the map it appears as an open, irregular shape ringed by streets, the fixed point every other line relates to.
Tabula geographica minimalis · Japan
Matsuyama — Matsuyama Map Poster & Print
33.8392° N / 132.7657° E
A castle hill rising from the middle of a compact grid, with rivers, hot-spring streets and the Inland Sea to the west
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Una urbs, quinque animi
Matsuyama omnibus stilis
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In pariete
Matsuyama domi
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Matsuyama Map Poster & Print
Matsuyama is the largest city on Shikoku, and its plan is organised around a single wooded hill. Katsuyama sits almost exactly in the centre, crowned by one of Japan's surviving original castles, and the streets fan out around its base in blocks that grow looser toward the edges. Tram lines loop past the hill and run east toward Dogo, giving the map a set of thin, curving strokes.
To the east lies Dogo Onsen, often described as one of the oldest hot springs in Japan, where the street pattern tightens around the historic bathhouse. To the south the Ishite and Shigenobu rivers cut broad channels across the plain, and to the west the city runs out to the port at Mitsuhama and the calm, island-dotted water of the Seto Inland Sea.
A Matsuyama map poster captures that balance of hill, plain and shoreline in line alone. The castle grounds read as a quiet open shape among dense blocks, the rivers as pale bands and the tram lines as fine threads. The city is also closely tied to the haiku poet Masaoka Shiki, who was born here, and to Natsume Sōseki's novel Botchan, which is set in Matsuyama.
- Incolae
- 511,192
- Coordinatae
- 33.8392° N / 132.7657° E
- Altitudo
- 28 m
- Zona horaria
- Tokyo
- Regio
- Matsuyama, Japan
Dogo Onsen quarter
East of the centre the tram line ends near Dogo Onsen, the historic bathhouse district. Its lanes are tighter and more winding than the grid below the castle, a small change of texture on paper.
Rivers to the sea
The Ishite and Shigenobu rivers cross the southern plain on their way west to the Seto Inland Sea, drawing long, straight-edged channels that frame the city's southern side.
Tuam fac
Matsuyama: partem tuam in forma pone
Adde diem, nomen vel versum tuum; muta stilum, magnitudinem vel directionem.
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Cur Matsuyama
Tabula quae aliquid significat
People who have studied, worked or soaked in the baths here often want a reminder that is less literal than a photograph. The castle hill at the centre makes the composition instantly recognisable to anyone who knows the city, and quietly abstract to anyone who does not.
You can set your own title and subtitle, adjust the coordinates line, and pick from Classic black & white, Noir, Paper, Blueprint or Sand. Download the HD files for $9 in six print sizes, or order a matte print, with an optional wooden frame, from a partner near you.
Eme tabulam MatsuyamaQuid in fasciculis HD insit300 DPISine signo aquaticoPNG + PDF
| Magnitudo impressionis | Resolutio | Fasciculi |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Comparationis causa, specimen gratuitum 900 px latum est, signo aquatico notatum et ad spectandum in quadris lucidis destinatum. Fasciculi HD usque ad octiens maiorem resolutionem in utramque partem habent et tota tabulae magnitudine pure imprimuntur.
Matsuyama Map Poster & Print — FAQ
Quomodo tabulam Matsuyama emere possum?
Elige formam in summa pagina, deinde selige Tabulam Typis Impressam — magnitudinem et, si vis, compagem — vel Fasciculos Digitales HD. Emptio uno gradu conficitur, et pagina emptionis tuae statim renovatur ubi primum solutio confecta est.
Qualis est tabula Matsuyama typis impressa?
In charta opaca praestanti 200 gsm typis imprimitur, una ex sex magnitudinibus, a 30 × 40 cm usque ad 24 × 36″. Tabulae typis impressae incipiunt a $39, missione inclusa.
Possumne tabulam Matsuyama compagine inclusam emere?
Ita. Elige compagem ex solido ligno, colore nigro, albo, quercu naturali vel ligno obscuro. Vitro infrangibili instructa venit et ad suspendendum parata est. Tabulae compagine inclusae incipiunt a $99, missione inclusa.
Quantum temporis missio sumit, et quanti constat?
Missio gratuita est in plus quam 60 terras. Quodque poster ab proximo ex sociis nostris typographicis in plus quam 30 terris imprimitur et plerumque intra 3–7 dies negotiales advenit. Statum et vestigium sub «Mea mandata» sequi potes. Quaedam terrae 2–5 hebdomades requirunt, et ubi nondum mittimus, situs te ante solutionem monet.
Quid si tabula mea laesa pervenit?
Mitte nobis imaginem intra 14 dies post missionem acceptam, et eam gratis iterum imprimemus vel pecuniam tibi reddemus.
Possumne nomina nostra vel diem tabulae Matsuyama addere?
Ita. In instrumento huius paginae, titulum, subtitulum et lineam coordinatarum ad libitum muta, et formam ac magnitudinem elige. Emptiones typis impressae, compagine inclusae et digitales omnes exacte figuram tuam adhibent.
Quid cum fasciculis digitalibus HD accipio?
Pro $9 accipis fasciculos PNG 300 DPI et PDF ad imprimendum paratos in omnibus sex magnitudinibus, sine nota aquatica, ut ubique imprimere possis. Nondum certus es? Prius specimen gratuitum cum nota aquatica demitte.