Otaru Canal
A short, gently curving canal near the harbour is lined with restored stone warehouses. It preserves the outline of the old waterfront from the years when Otaru was a major shipping port.
Tabula geographica minimalis · Japan
Otaru — Otaru Map Poster & Print
43.1894° N / 141.0022° E
A port town strung along Ishikari Bay, pressed between steep hills and the harbour, with a canal tracing the old waterfront.
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Otaru domi
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Otaru Map Poster & Print
Otaru occupies a narrow strip of coast on the Sea of Japan side of Hokkaido, west of Sapporo, where the hills come down close to the water. The map is long and thin. Streets run parallel to the shore and then climb in short, steep lines up the slopes behind. Breakwaters and piers reach out into Ishikari Bay and frame the harbour that made the town important.
In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries Otaru was one of Hokkaido's main ports and a financial centre, supported by herring fishing and shipping. The Otaru Canal was finished in 1923 to move goods between ships and the stone warehouses along its bank. Part of it survives, still lined with those warehouses, and its gentle curve near the harbour is easy to trace on a map.
Behind the old centre the land rises toward Mount Tengu, whose slopes hold a ski area and a lookout over the bay. An Otaru map poster captures the sharp contrast between a flat, dense waterfront and the hillside neighbourhoods above it. The coastline runs across the whole sheet as its dominant line.
- Incolae
- 115,333
- Coordinatae
- 43.1894° N / 141.0022° E
- Altitudo
- 30 m
- Zona horaria
- Tokyo
- Regio
- Otaru, Japan
Harbour and breakwaters
Long breakwaters and angular piers push out into Ishikari Bay. They give the coastline a crisp, geometric edge that contrasts with the organic shapes of the hills behind.
Hillside streets
Streets rise steeply from the waterfront toward Mount Tengu and the surrounding slopes, and their winding lines fill the upper half of the map with fine detail.
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Cur Otaru
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Many people remember Otaru from a winter trip, a walk along the canal or a day away from Sapporo. Its compact coastal shape is easy to recognise on a wall, even for visitors who spent only a single afternoon there.
Add your own title, subtitle and coordinates line, perhaps the date of the trip, and choose from Classic black & white, Noir, Paper, Blueprint and Sand. Blueprint suits the harbour lines particularly well, while Paper brings out the old town's quieter character.
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| Magnitudo impressionis | Resolutio | Fasciculi |
|---|---|---|
| 30 × 40 cm (11.8 × 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 cm (18 × 24″) | 5,400 × 7,200 px | PNG · PDF |
| 50 × 70 cm (19.7 × 27.6″) | 5,906 × 8,268 px | PNG · PDF |
| 61 × 91.4 cm (24 × 36″) | 7,200 × 10,800 px | PNG · PDF |
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Otaru Map Poster & Print — FAQ
Quomodo tabulam Otaru emere possum?
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Qualis est tabula Otaru 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 Otaru 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 ubique terrarum gratuita est. Quodque propositum a socio typographico nostro proximo, in plus quam 30 terris, imprimitur et plerumque intra 3–7 dies negotiales advenit. Condicionem et vestigium in sectione «Mea mandata» sequi potes. In paucis terris 2–5 hebdomades requiruntur, 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 Otaru 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?
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