Jimbocho Book Town Poster

{ "type": "Japanese-style illustrated city poster", "format": "Vertical A1 size promotional poster", "theme": "Jimbocho Town, a town built around books, bookstores, reading culture, and fun city exploration.", "headline": "{argument name=\"headline text\" default=\"Before I knew it, the whole town was made of books.\"}", "main_visual": { "description": "A densely packed isometric illustration depicts a vibrant book-filled neighborhood, where buildings, sidewalks, rooftops, plazas, and roads are all integrated with oversized books and pages. The main building is a warm orange bookstore-style block with cyan windows, yellow accents, blue trim, and exterior balconies. People are reading by the windows, and there are open books floating in the air or embedded in the building structure. Surrounding buildings include a yellow-roofed reading terrace, a curved blue and yellow library facade, a huge closed book forming the plaza, stacks of books serving as building floors, and staircases shaped like book page edges.", "style": "Flat vector illustration, Japanese poster design, clean black outlines, limited spot color palette, whimsical architectural cross-sections, numerous tiny figures in motion, clear print quality, non-realistic style.", "palette": "{argument name=\"color palette\" default=\"Orange, cyan, mustard yellow, cream white, black, and warm gray\"}", "perspective": "High-angle isometric city perspective view, without horizon", "mood": "Curiosity, literary flair, vividness, fantasy, community-centered" }, "layout": { "poster_orientation": "Vertical", "top_area": "The top features a prominent, large black Japanese title that slightly overlaps with the bookstore roof in the illustration below.", "centerpiece": "A continuous urban illustration occupies most of the poster area, surrounded by white margins and a vertical side text bar.", "bottom_area": "There is a short Japanese description at the bottom edge, and the manufacturer's information and logo are in the bottom right corner.", "text_columns": { "count": 6, "labels": [ "Top-left vertical quote: On the coexistence of new and old bookstores", "Vertical quote from left to center: On young people and diverse generations", "Bottom left vertical quote: On free publications and visits to everyday bookstores", "Top right vertical quote: On the City of Books as Inspiration for Design and Architecture", "Right-center vertical quote: On finding old books like digging through a bookstore street", "Bottom right vertical quote: Reflections on 20 years of commuting to a used bookstore district" ] } }, "visible_text": { "headline": "Before I knew it, the whole town was made of books.", "large_logo": "JIN BO CHO", "bottom_explanation": "The phrase \"kizuitara\" (coming back to reality) encapsulates the unconscious emotions of the neighborhood's residents. In Jimbocho, books are not a special presence, but rather a natural integration into the streetscape. Culture takes root imperceptibly, and having \"books\" in daily life has become taken for granted—this passage precisely expresses the unique atmosphere of Jimbocho. However, when you actually walk the streets, you'll find the aroma of curry, the sounds of musical instruments, winter sports shops, and laughter emanating from the used book theater all intertwined. This vibrant, diverse culture, which cannot be summarized by books alone, is the current symbol of Jimbocho, which has \"come back to reality and become a town of books.\"", "credit": "Produced by TAM", "logo": "TAM" }, "enumerated_scene_elements": { "tiny_people_count": "Approximately 54 simplified white stick figure characters are scattered across windows, rooftops, streets, staircases, plazas, and balconies.", "major_book_elements_count": 13, "major_book_elements": [ "The huge open book that makes up the upper left roof", "A massive stack of pages spanning the top center", "Open books floating near the orange building in the lower left corner", "The huge, closed blue books that make up the central square", "Three stacks of books in the central square", "Open books on the yellow rooftop terrace", "The huge vertical wall of book pages on the far right", "The book-shaped roof on the dark building in the lower left corner", "Blue books lying flat on the right side of the street", "The right edge is occupied by an open book held by an important figure.", "Small books and papers scattered on the central yellow platform", "Bookshelves embedded in the curved blue exterior wall", "The stacks of books that form the path and the staircase-like edges of the building" ], "activity_groups_count": 12, "activity_groups": [ "People reading by the window of the orange building above", "People climbing ropes along the left outer wall", "People sitting and reading on the yellow-roofed terrace", "People browsing bookshelves within the curved blue exterior walls", "Two people talking at the edge of the central square", "A group of people sitting among scattered papers on the yellow platform, reading.", "People walking in the narrow streets between buildings", "People riding bicycles on Zuozhong Street", "The small audience member sitting in the orange chair in the bottom right corner", "A large partial figure holding an open book on the right edge.", "The ghostly white figure on the left rooftop terrace", "Small fantastical flying saucers and creatures in the upper right sky area" ] }, "characters": { "design": "Minimalist round-headed humanoid figure with a white body, navy blue hair or hat, simple dotted eyes, slender limbs, and occasionally carrying a bag, book, musical instrument, or reading prop.", "clothing": "Most characters wear simple white outfits with navy blue accents; a few wear orange, cyan, or yellow accessories." }, "typography": { "headline_style": "Extra-large, bold black Japanese Gothic font, hand-typeset, with strong proportional contrast.", "side_text_style": "Narrow vertical Japanese text bar with small age/gender labels", "logo_style": "The prominent black stacked Latin letters JIN BO CHO in the bottom right corner" }, "composition_rules": "Keep the illustrations rich yet clear and legible, with each small scene connected by stairs, roads, windows, bookshelves, balconies, and book-page-shaped structures. Use strong geometric shapes, clean vector edges, and generous white poster margins. Ensure the title remains the strongest visual element, the street block occupies the center position, and the side quote serves as editorial copy for the poster.", "customization": { "location": "{argument name=\"location name\" default=\"Jimbocho\"}", "poster credit": "{argument name=\"poster credit\" default=\"Produced by TAM\"}", "main logo text": "{argument name=\"main logo text\" default=\"JIN BO CHO\"}" } }