Maplat Family 1.0.0 is out, just in time for FOSS4G Hiroshima 2026New!!
With FOSS4G Hiroshima 2026 just three days away, we have released version 1.0.0 of the Maplat family. On August 18, we published a post about the 1.0 release candidates. Since then, we have been fixing issues and checking everything for the final release. Somehow, we made it in time for FOSS4G. Maplat turns ten this […]
Maplat Family 1.0 RC Is Now Available
Maplat will be exhibited at the Nayuta, Inc. booth at FOSS4G Hiroshima 2026, to be held in Hiroshima this September. On September 2, we will also give a presentation titled “Bringing Old Maps & Illustrated Maps to the Web: 10 Years of Maplat and Turning Misalignment into Innovation,” covering the past ten years of Maplat […]
Code for History’s Name Dedicated at the Temporary Main Sanctuary of Juzo Shrine in Wajima
On New Year’s Day 2024, as people across Japan were celebrating the beginning of a new year and traveling to visit family and friends, the Noto Peninsula was struck by a devastating earthquake. The region then faced further hardship, including ground uplift, retreating coastlines, isolated communities, and later, severe damage caused by heavy rainfall. I […]
Code for History at History Fes
Code for History will be exhibiting at History Fes, to be held at kokoka Kyoto International Community House on Sunday, September 14, from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM. We will also give a short presentation during the Sponsor Lightning Talks, held in the Event Hall on the first floor from 1:00 PM to 1:30 PM. […]
Kyoto National Museum 2025 Summer Lecture Series
On August 1 and 2, I attended the Kyoto National Museum’s 2025 Summer Lecture Series. This year’s theme was “Rethinking National Treasures.” Incidentally, when I type kokuho saiko (“Rethinking National Treasures”) in Japanese, my computer sometimes converts it to Kokuho saiko—“National Treasures are the best.” That somehow feels correct too. This spring, I had already […]
Geo Exhibition (Geo-ten) 2025
Geo Exhibition 2025 (Geo-ten) was held on Wednesday, July 2, at Otemachi Mitsui Hall—a venue that combined Otemachi, Mitsui Hall, and a view of the Imperial Palace, giving the event an especially polished and prestigious atmosphere. I have attended the exhibition since 2023, when the in-person event resumed after the COVID-19 pandemic. The venue has […]
Soshigaya Child-Rearing Map Is Now Available
祖師谷子育てネットワークが制作された、小田急 祖師ヶ谷大蔵駅を中心に子育て世代に役立つ情報を掲載したマップがMaplatを使ってデジタル化されました。
I Attended “Adult Terakoya: Stone Jizo Statues of Naramachi” at Tokuyuji Temple in Nara
On March 1, 2025, I attended “Adult Terakoya: Stone Jizo Statues of Naramachi”, held at Tokuyuji Temple in Nara. The lecturer was Professor Shinichi Sagawa of the Department of History and Culture at Osaka Ohtani University. Nara Jizo Project Since around 2016, Code for History has been working on the Nara Jizo Project, which maps […]
Awards Ceremony for the 18th “Community Safety and Security Map Contest”
The submission period for the 18th Community Safety and Security Map Contest, organized by the Research Center for Disaster Mitigation of Historic Cities at Ritsumeikan University, closed on September 25. After a careful review process, the submitted works were evaluated and awards were given for the Grand Prize, Excellence Awards, Honorable Mentions, Selected Works, and […]
Attending the 2nd Gathering on Takabatake's History and Culture
Until about eight years ago, I lived in Hon-Yakushi Higashi, Takabatake-cho, Nara City. Around that time, an elderly resident of the neighborhood lent me a local history book, which became one of the reasons I developed an interest in regional history. Since then, I have continued to be particularly interested in the local history of […]