Reminiscing the 'Past' from the 'Present': The Birth of a Map Promoting the Charms of Higashi-Maizuru
Maizuru City has completed the 'Higashi-Maizuru Now x Then Map', a result of citizen-participatory workshops. It introduces not only famous tourist spots but also everyday local charms, aiming to foster civic pride.
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As part of its community development project to foster attachment and pride in the region, Maizuru City has completed the 'Higashi-Maizuru Now x Then Map', compiling the results of citizen-participatory workshops. Through walking tours conducted in fiscal year 2024, the city has rediscovered local charms hidden in everyday life, not just in tourist spots, and consolidated them into a single map.
Maizuru City implements projects at community centers and other venues to nurture people who have an attachment to their hometown through connections with local people and the inheritance of history and culture, leading to attractive community development.
As part of this initiative, a 'town walking' map-making workshop was held in fiscal year 2024, using the Higashi-Maizuru urban area as the field. Ms. Yoshie Takahashi, the 'leading expert in illustrated maps', was invited as an instructor, and an attempt was made to re-examine the region from a different perspective than before.
In this workshop, attention was focused on the charms that exist in everyday life, in addition to the appeal of famous tourist destinations. Participants actually walked around the town, designed the map based on information discovered from their own perspectives, and this has now come to fruition as the 'Higashi-Maizuru Now x Then Map'.
The completed map is a card-sized, highly portable specification that expands to the equivalent of an A3 size when opened, featuring abundant explanations and photographs of various places in Higashi-Maizuru. In the future, we will widely disseminate the charms of the region through distribution at various community centers in the city and utilization by the volunteer tourist guide 'Keyaki no Kai'.
[Distribution Locations]
Lifelong Learning Promotion Division
Naka Community Center (inside Naka General Hall)
Manabiamu (2nd floor)
Minami Community Center, Oura Hall, Nishi Community Center (inside Nishi General Hall), Jonan Hall, Kasa Community Center
Maizuru City implements projects at community centers and other venues to nurture people who have an attachment to their hometown through connections with local people and the inheritance of history and culture, leading to attractive community development.
As part of this initiative, a 'town walking' map-making workshop was held in fiscal year 2024, using the Higashi-Maizuru urban area as the field. Ms. Yoshie Takahashi, the 'leading expert in illustrated maps', was invited as an instructor, and an attempt was made to re-examine the region from a different perspective than before.
In this workshop, attention was focused on the charms that exist in everyday life, in addition to the appeal of famous tourist destinations. Participants actually walked around the town, designed the map based on information discovered from their own perspectives, and this has now come to fruition as the 'Higashi-Maizuru Now x Then Map'.
The completed map is a card-sized, highly portable specification that expands to the equivalent of an A3 size when opened, featuring abundant explanations and photographs of various places in Higashi-Maizuru. In the future, we will widely disseminate the charms of the region through distribution at various community centers in the city and utilization by the volunteer tourist guide 'Keyaki no Kai'.
[Distribution Locations]
Lifelong Learning Promotion Division
Naka Community Center (inside Naka General Hall)
Manabiamu (2nd floor)
Minami Community Center, Oura Hall, Nishi Community Center (inside Nishi General Hall), Jonan Hall, Kasa Community Center