I thought with the release of many new images and with teasers starting to appear, there should be an official thread to analyse and speculate on the things we've been shown.
So, I guess I will start it off with this picture of what is assumed to be the town of Chobu, China. Please offer any corrections to anything I got wrong.
The Green area looks like it may be the Lodging district and the place where you'll sleep.
The Black area looks to be Bailu Village off in the distance?
The Blue area is a Commercial district, with markets, restaurants, shops, etc.
At the Yellow area is a gate that leads into a Temple District at the end of the Commercial district
The Red area is a mountain and forest that stretches around the Commercial District (Blue) and reaches behind the Temples District (yellow)
Yeah, I know all the colored squiggly lines make me look like some conspiracty theorist!
Also, again apologies for anything that's incorrect.
One thing's for certain. This game is much bigger than we've first anticipated. With Bailu in the distance, the area shown in these two screenshots alone are likely just as big if not bigger than the entirety of Shenmue 1.