A Minecraft map has been featured in the 2025 edition of a Japanese mathematics textbook. The map in question is called Traditional Japanese House (or Machiya Kunpudo in Japanese). It was created by Team-KYO and is available in the Minecraft Marketplace. As such, it can be found in practically every version of the game for players to explore.
As the name indicates, the map is a reproduction of a Japanese-style machiya wooden townhouse like the ones found in Kyoto, Japan. The map has been praised for its capacity to clearly depict lines and planes in space through its use of tatami mats, pillars, and paper sliding doors within the Japanese-style rooms that appear in it.
The Minecraft map was used in the opening page for Chapter 6 Spacial Figures of the Japanese junior high school textbook “Mirai e Hirogaru Math 1,” published by Keirinkan. The publishing house believes that incorporating Minecraft into the educational setting of a classroom textbook will help students become more familiar with the material they are studying. Even more so when considering how popular the video game is amongst elementary and junior high school students.
The popular sandbox video game has been used in Japan to engage with a younger audience in the past, with a Minecraft book teaching children how to clean up being released by Kadokawa back in March 12, 2025.
Minecraft is readily available for Windows PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and mobile devices.
Published: Apr 9, 2025 05:00 pm