Hi everyone, I’ve always been captivated by Japan’s railway system and how it connects the entire country. This led me to build Hikarie, an interactive data visualization of Japan using thousands of individually rendered pixels, colored based on real-world data.
The map shows each station color-coded by operator. You can zoom from national overview to prefecture detail.
I also added a convenience store layer. Toggle between railways and konbini to see how major chains divide different regions. (The konbini concept was inspired by u/kikkia wonderful conbini “turf war”).
I hope this offers a fresh perspective on the country’s connectivity and you enjoy exploring the map.
This is super cool! Glad I could be of some inspiration!
r/MapPorn
Interesting, though I’m not really sure what all these black lines going to a single point are, or what this unclickable floating icon does: https://i.imgur.com/WoloFKw.png
Also, you’re trying to have people pay to “own” parts of the map or something…? _”Make It Yours: Consider enshrining this pixel to give it a permanent, gentle pulse and a home for your memory.”_ This isn’t really what I expect from a tool like this, tbh. I’m also confused why random yokai appear around the map or what relation that has to either transit or convenience stores. Seems kinda like three random concepts mixed together? Which I guess is fine but I’m not quite sure if this is trying to be more like, a tool, or a game, or a data dashboard, or what.
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Hi everyone, I’ve always been captivated by Japan’s railway system and how it connects the entire country. This led me to build Hikarie, an interactive data visualization of Japan using thousands of individually rendered pixels, colored based on real-world data.
* **Site:** [https://hikarie.app](https://hikarie.app)
The map shows each station color-coded by operator. You can zoom from national overview to prefecture detail.
I also added a convenience store layer. Toggle between railways and konbini to see how major chains divide different regions. (The konbini concept was inspired by u/kikkia wonderful conbini “turf war”).
I hope this offers a fresh perspective on the country’s connectivity and you enjoy exploring the map.
This is super cool! Glad I could be of some inspiration!
r/MapPorn
Interesting, though I’m not really sure what all these black lines going to a single point are, or what this unclickable floating icon does: https://i.imgur.com/WoloFKw.png
Also, you’re trying to have people pay to “own” parts of the map or something…? _”Make It Yours: Consider enshrining this pixel to give it a permanent, gentle pulse and a home for your memory.”_ This isn’t really what I expect from a tool like this, tbh. I’m also confused why random yokai appear around the map or what relation that has to either transit or convenience stores. Seems kinda like three random concepts mixed together? Which I guess is fine but I’m not quite sure if this is trying to be more like, a tool, or a game, or a data dashboard, or what.
FWIW, as a resident and railfan, the map I use to plan trips & visualize the entire country’s train/transit network is https://roote.ekispert.net/en/rmap/fullscreen
Hi, not sure how the romaji translations are dictated but I have a station to report in which the romaji is not correct.
Appreciate the amount of work that must have gone into this but it’s difficult to use not informative.
This is so clean. Neat project! Which library have you used for drawer component?