Map of Around Japan – Common Sense of Japan

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    A 2-channeler has created this colorful map of the area around Japan (click for full size):

    The map shows famous and infamous products, people, and events for different areas. It would take a very long time to figure them all out and make a full list, but here’s a few:

    If you can identify some of the other stuff on the map, leave a comment: I will try to update this list to reflect the new information.

    Update: Here is the map at a much higher resolution.

    And here are some updated descriptions of stuff on the map, from the comments thread of this post (Thanks everyone!):

    Russia: Red bear
    China: Cheongsam woman, poisonated jiaozi, Guilin (atificially painted), rainbow-color contaminated river
    North Korea: Doesn’t need explanation
    South Korea: Contaminated kimchi, Pepero, F5 keys (cyber attack), Pepsi logo on Liancourt
    Hokkaido: Cape Soya, crab, clione, seal, salmon, “110 km to Jusco” billboard, Hanabatake Farm (cow), Melon Dog of Yubari, kombu kelp, kazunoko, Shiroi Koibito (local cookie), squid
    Akita: Namahage hanging himself, referring to the highest suicide rate
    Iwate: Ozawa Ichiro
    Miyagi: beef tounge
    Yamagata: Shinjo mat killing ijime incident, cherry
    Fukushima: This is indeed the nuclear plant, but it is also the Internet meme parodying Asahi Kasei Hebel House ad.
    Tochigi: Internet meme of the “yankee” boy who said there’s nothing interesting in Tochigi.
    Gunma: Internet meme describing Gunma as the “wild uncivilized world”.
    Saitama: Saitama Saitamaa! meme
    Tokyo: Yaruo who is stocking up foods after 3/11.
    Kanagawa: Dim sum (shumai) in Yokohama Chinatowan, Yokohama Minatomirai
    Shizuoka: Tea from water tap, Mount Fuji
    Yamanashi: Takeda Shingen
    Toyama: Scene from “true tears”, as well as the odango hair of the “YuruYuri” character (Both are the anime located in Toyama)
    Ishikawa: Godzilla Matsui, Wajima lacquerware
    Aichi: Morizo and Kikkoro (Aichi Expo mascots), miso
    Fukui: Pana Wave cult
    Shiga: Otaku cosplayer who visits Toyosato, a location of the anime K-on!
    Nara: Sento-kun
    Wakayama: The Sea Sheperd in the bloody coast
    Osaka and Tsushima: Notice Nida (Korean cats) are with feces, referring to hongtak (Thornback fermented in human feces, a local dish in Mokpo).
    Osaka/Hyogo: Kansai airport island in the position of Awaji Island.
    Kyoto: Kinkaku-ji and Kyoto Tower
    Okayama: “Okayama is the greatest futuristic metropolis!” meme, Yatsuhaka-mura (horror novel/movie)
    Tottori: “Tottori is a huge sand dune with monsters” meme, exaggerating the real Tottori Sand Dune
    Hiroshima: Hiroshima Carp, A-bomb Dome and origami cranes. Skull is from Barefoot Gen manga.
    Shimane: Izumo Shrine. I don’t get Oki Islands.
    Kagawa: Nothing but Udon
    Tokushima: Yoshino River, which Kagawa and Tokushima always have disputes over its water
    Ehime: Mikan/Iyokan oranges
    Kochi: Bonito
    Fukuoka: Crimes (gangs and burakumins)
    Saga: The land no one notices
    Sapporo: Hatsune Miku
    Nagasaki: Black Ship
    Oita: Prefectural police whose (very peaceful) activities are always reported on the local newspaper
    Kumamoto: Bossan, a man who became the another meme for no apparent reason
    Kagoshima: A snowman refers to the fact Kagoshima does get snow falls.
    Hakodate: ika/Squid
    Izu peninsula: green for all of the wasabi that you get with your trips down there for omiyage.

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