About This Site
This site is a collection of GeoGuessr notes that sorts the clues for telling "where am I?" by region. It is meant for players who want to climb the ranks, and just as much for anyone who enjoys geography and likes browsing maps and photos.
What you can do here
| What it offers | |
|---|---|
| Explore | Pick a region that catches your eye from the photos and maps on the top page |
| Learn | Read guides for about 200 regions and Japan’s 47 prefectures. Clues are grouped into cards by type (signs, poles, vegetation and more), with maps showing where they appear |
| Quiz | Guess states and prefectures, cities, area codes and more. Learn them in study mode, then check yourself in test mode |
| Me | See your quiz results and the questions you keep missing |
The site is written in Japanese first, and the English, Spanish, Portuguese and Indonesian pages follow the Japanese version. Some translated pages may lag behind.
Getting started
- Open the guides and pick a region you are curious about
- Skim the clues by type, starting with the ones that are easiest to spot
- Play a round in the quizzes, then go back to the guides for the regions you missed
How the clues are written
- Most guides started as notes I wrote in 2023 while playing and streaming. I keep adding to and rewriting them.
- Clues with a published source include a link to it. Where the reason a clue belongs to a region can be clearly explained, a short “Why here?” note with references is attached.
- Wording such as “I think” comes from playing experience. Not every clue has a published source.
- Some information, such as Google Car equipment or camera generations, can change over time (meta). It may not match the latest situation.
- Region names and borders follow the divisions used in the game. They do not reflect real borders or any political position. For the same reason, the site says “region” rather than “country”.
- Place names below the state or province level are written in local spelling, so they are easy to match with what you see on the map.
Photos, maps and Street View
- Photos in the public domain or under CC0 are used first; any others carry their license and credit. For
CC-BY-labels see Creative Commons licenses;GFDLmeans the GNU Free Documentation License. - Images from USDA.gov are used with links to the original, based on their Policies and Links. Most road signs are public-domain images; only a few pages, such as Latvia, quote material with credit.
- Real-world examples are shown with Street View through the official Google Maps embed. Cropped Street View images are not used.
- Maps are adapted from Natural Earth, Japan’s National Land Numerical Information and similar data. Remote islands and small areas may be left out for readability, so shapes can differ from reality.
- Company products and logos are shown only to refer to those products or stores, and do not imply sponsorship or endorsement. Other images and information are quoted within the requirements of Article 32(1) of the Japanese Copyright Act.
If you notice an image without proper credit or a problematic use, please let me know through the contacts below and I will fix it as soon as I can.
FAQ
May I use or mention this site’s content in streams or videos?
Yes, please do. It is very welcome.
May I use it for education?
Of course.
I found something outdated or wrong.
Please let me know through the contacts below. If you can include the source page, I can cite it directly.
Could you explain clues with Street View screenshots?
Google’s terms do not allow cropping Street View imagery. Instead, photos come from the public domain and similar sources, and real locations are shown through the Google Maps embed.
Operator & contact
This site is run by nanjakorewa (nanja), who also makes GeoGuessr streams and videos.
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