Here’s a lovely old map of Kyoto, issued by the Miyako Hotel in 1920 for the benefit of its guests. The hotel is still there almost 100 years later, now owned by the Westin Group. The interurban streetcar to Otsu that once ran down the middle of the street in front of the hotel was abandoned in 1997, replaced by the underground Tōzai Line of the Kyoto Municipal Subway.

The electric streetcars are displayed prominently on the map in red, but the five separate operating companies are represented by different arrows next to the line. An arrow with a solid black circle at its tail represents a line of the Kyoto Municipal Electric Tram Company, for example. Insets around the main map show the routes of interurban streetcars to neighbouring towns.

Designwise, I do like the delicate colour palette: all muted browns, beiges and sea greens. While some of this is due to the yellowing of old paper, I find the whole effect very pleasing and subtle.

Source: National Library of Australia