Whoa. An incredibly detailed “Underground-style” map of rail in the Greater Tokyo area – it seems to show everything from ropeways, aerial cables and streetcars all the way up to Shinkansen – by Flickr user Kzaral. 

Transliterating the station names to English means that the diagram simply can’t be as compact as other maps where Japanese characters are used, but there’s still a good sense of rhythm and balance to the map. All labelling is horizontal, with very few labels cutting into or going across route lines – quite the achievement! The colour palette is strangely drab with lots of tan/yellow/orange and pink/purple – are they all based off official line colours?

But enough from me: go take a look at the whole thing nice and big. Enjoy!

Source: Flickr/Kzaral