A literary map of My Asakusa (私の浅草, 1977) by actress and author Sadako Sawamura — a memoir of growing up in Taisho-era Asakusa, Tokyo's great shitamachi entertainment district.
Each pin marks a real place mentioned in the book: temples and shrines, restaurants, theaters, parks and riverbanks — including Yoshiwara's gate, Rokku's lost Gourd Pond, and Hikan Inari's March festival. Visit them today, or simply trace the world Sawamura knew as a child.
Green pins still stand. Amber pins were lost to the 1923 earthquake, the 1945 firebombing, or the passage of time.