Paddy field grid
Regular rectangular fields fill much of the district. The precise pattern of lines looks like a woven texture when printed at large sizes.
Minimalist map poster · Japan
36.0667° N / 139.6000° E
A former town on the flat Kantō Plain, where rice paddies, drainage channels and quiet residential streets form a gentle grid.





One city, five moods
Ekamowa emwit style ouga bwe ouga ekamowa e dedaña ñan bwega. Style otata a kor eangan — eprint, eframe ke HD files.
Pixel ekwan · 24 × 36″ print filePrint-sharp
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The map
Shōbu lies in the northeast of Saitama Prefecture, on the broad Kantō Plain north of Tokyo. It was an independent town until 2010, when it merged with neighbouring municipalities to form the present city of Kuki, but the name remains in local use. From above, the landscape is almost perfectly flat, so fields and water shape the map, not hills.
Rice paddies divided into neat rectangles surround the residential areas. Irrigation and drainage channels cross them and feed the rivers of the plain. Housing tends to cluster along older roads and in newer developments, so the map alternates between dense patches of small streets and wide stretches of agricultural pattern. The rhythm is calm and regular.
A Shōbu map poster makes that rural geometry visible: the fine grid of fields, the curving lines of channels and rivers, and the residential clusters between them. This is the quiet side of the greater Tokyo region, where many commuters make their homes, and in black and white its patterns look almost like woven fabric.
Regular rectangular fields fill much of the district. The precise pattern of lines looks like a woven texture when printed at large sizes.
Irrigation channels and small rivers wind through the plain, and their curves break the regularity of the fields and tie the landscape together.
Houses gather in compact neighbourhoods along older roads, separated by farmland, so the built-up areas read as distinct islands on the map.
Make it yours
Add a date, a name or a line of your own, switch style, size or orientation.
Preview ededa low-resolution im watermark. Print im HD files erender iaan 300 DPI, dedaña ñan 7,200 × 10,800 px, ededa watermark.
Why Shōbu
For people who grew up in Shōbu before the merger, the old name carries a particular identity. A map preserves that sense of place, and it suits commuters who value the quiet of the plain as much as the city to the south.
Title the poster Shōbu, Kuki or anything meaningful to you, add a subtitle with a year, and edit the coordinates line. Five styles are available (Classic black & white, Noir, Paper, Blueprint and Sand), as $9 digital files or printed posters.
Oder poster Shōbu| Print size | Resolution | Files |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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.
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Eprint iaan matte paper 200 gsm, iaan size eo eo, mai 30 × 40 cm ñan 24 × 36″. Poster eprint eo emeja iaan $39, shipping ededo.
Eko. Emwit frame wood solid iaan black, white, oak natural ke wood dark. Etaña shatterproof glazing im ready ñan hang. Poster eframe emeja iaan $99, shipping ededo.
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Kabun photo bwira iaan 14 aean mai delivery, im bwira ereprint ededo ke erefund.
Eko. Iaan editor page eanin, ouga change title, subtitle, im coordinates line ñan tomwin ouga koda, im emwit style im size. Order eprint, eframe im digital otata ekamowa design ouga tomwin.
Iaan $9 ouga ereub 300 DPI PNG im PDF print-ready iaan size otata eo, ededa watermark, ñan print ekamowa tomwin. Ouga aewedik? Download preview ededa watermarked kabun.