Do you know this map that went viral on Twitter the other day?
There was also an interview with the creator on Yahoo! News, so some of you may already know about it.
It’s the “If Tokyo Neighborhoods Were Compared to Osaka MAP.”
What is the “If Tokyo Neighborhoods Were Compared to Osaka MAP”?
A map posted on Twitter by Shimamura (@YeezerSummers), where Osaka (Kansai) place names that feel similar were written onto a Tokyo metropolitan area map, has been getting a lot of attention!
Here it is ↓
※Screenshot from Shimamura (@YeezerSummers) Twitter
Yoyogi Park is Osaka Castle Park,
Shibuya is Namba,
Odaiba is Tempozan,
Shinsekai is Asakusa… and so on. If you know both places well, there are probably spots where you’ll think, “Ah, that makes sense!” or “Exactly!”
I was casually looking at this map, and incredibly! Nishinomiya was included just once😂
Now, where could it be🤔? Try looking for it!
The larger map is → here
The answer is
👑Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi!
If you look veeeery closely to find where it is, there’s “Toyonaka” in large red letters toward the lower left of the map, and just down to the right of that, in small red letters… there it is😅??
According to this, Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi is similar to Jiyugaoka! (*This is just Shimamura’s personal opinion!)
Jiyugaoka has lots of cafes and cake shops, and it has that ✨stylish✨ image, doesn’t it?😊
Here’s Shimamura’s Twitter ↓
いつか作ろうと思ってた“東京の街を大阪でたとえたら”MAP、暫定版ができました。地形や都市構造、都市規模、都市機能が違うので、東京にあって大阪にない街も多いし（逆もまた然り）、大阪に一つしかない街が東京には二つあったりもします。異論は認める。 pic.twitter.com/fksrpPA5HC
— シマムラ (@YeezerSummers) September 30, 2020
Finally
It sounds like Shimamura is also thinking about a wider Kansai version in the future, including comparisons like Himeji and Odawara, or Ise Jingu and Nikko Toshogu Shrine, so I’m looking forward to that too😊
And I’d be happy if a few more Nishinomiya neighborhoods could be added to this Osaka version too〜♪
