List of Japanese map symbols

Template:Short description Template:Template other This is a list of symbols appearing on Japanese maps. These symbols are called in the Japanese language.

symbol	meaning	illustration	symbol	meaning	illustration
Municipal building (major city)	Municipal building (city or ward level)	Fukuoka City Hall	Municipal building (minor city, town, village)	Municipal building (town or village level)	Kota Town Office
Courthouse	Court house or building	Sapporo-High-District-Court	Fire station	Fire station	Nishi Fire Station Hiroshima City
Police station	Police station	Police station	Koban	Kōban	Kameariekimae-Kitaguchi Koban
Public health center	Public health center	Bunkyo Public Health Service Center Hongo branch office	Post office	Post office	Post office
Meteorological observatory	Meteorological observatory	Meteorological observatory	District Forestry Office	Forest service office	Akita Forest Service Office
Government building	Government office building	kinyucho	Elementary or junior high school	Elementary or junior highschool	Kota Junior High School gates
High school	High school	Kozakai high school	Junior college	Junior college	image searching
Technical college	Technical college	Tokyo Metropolitan College of Industrial Technology Shinagawa-Campus	University	College or university	Waseda University main campus
Museum	Museum	Tokyo National Museum in Ueno	Library	Library	Gifu Library
Shinto shrine	Shinto shrine	Fushimi Inari, Shinto shrine	Buddhist Temple	Temple	Daitoku-ji
Factory	Plant or factory	Hitachi Toyokawa Factory	Hospital	Hospital	Nagoya University Hospital
Japan Self-Defense Forces	Military base	Self-Defense Forces	Oil or Gas well	Oil or gas well	Oil well in Toyokawa, Akita
Power plant	Power station	Oi Thermal Power Station	nursing home	Nursing home	Kasugai Elderly Nursing Home
Japanese castle	Castle	Himeji Castle	Chimney	Chimney	Chimney in Hokkaido
Crater or Fumarole	Volcanic crater or Fumarole	Mount Aso	Radio tower	Radio tower	Radio tower
TV tower	TV tower	Tokyo Tower	Historical site-Place of scenic beauty-Natural monument-Protected animal plant	Place of historic, cultural, or scenic interest	Nintoku Tomb
Monument	Monument	Emperor Meiji Viewing the Fishing Monument in Oiso	Windmill	Wind turbine or farm	Wind turbines
Lighthouse	Lighthouse	Old style Japanese Lighthouse	Broadleaf trees	Hardwood forest or woods	Broadleaf trees
Coniferous trees	Coniferous forest or woods	Coniferous trees	Palm trees	Palm trees	Palm trees
Bamboo grove	Bamboo grove	Bamboo grove	Siberian Dwarf Pines	Dwarf pine forest or woods	Siberian Dwarf Pines
Field	Fields	Near Nakabaru Branch of Miyaki Town Hall	Paddy field	Paddies	Spring rice paddy
Orchard	Orchard	Sour Cherry Orchard	Tea plantation	Tea plantation	Tea plantation (Sri Lanka)
Mulberry field	Mulberry orchard	Mulberry orchard	Other Tree plantation	Other plantation	Other Tree plantation
Barren land	Marsh or Grassland	Barren land	Graveyard	Graveyard or cemetery	Graveyard
Mine	Mine	Mine	Pithead	Pit head	Ryugenji Mine Shaft
Quarry	Quarry	Quarry	Onsen	Onsen (hot spring)	Onsen
Important port	Major port	Kobe port	Local port	Minor port	Local port
Fishing port	Fishing port	Fishing port	Car Ferry	Ferry (car carrier)	Ritsurin Car Ferry
Other Ferry	Ferry	Non-car Ferry	Benchmark	Benchmark	benchmark
Fixed GPS marker	Fixed GPS survey point (Electronic triangulation point	Fixed GPS marker	Triangulation point	Triangulation point	Triangulation point
Natural disaster monument	Natural disaster monument	Natural disaster monument

Partial list of symbols for users with visual impairment

Official symbols according to the conventions of the Geographical Survey Institute of Japan appear with a circle below.

Symbol	GSI	Meaning	Unicode	Description
◬	○	Base triangulation surveying point	Template:Unihan	Dot in upward-pointing triangle
	○	Electronic triangulation point		Dot in upward-pointing triangle with flag
⊡	○	Benchmark	Template:Unihan	Dot in square
⛭	○	Factory	Template:Unihan	Gear without hub
⛯	○	Lighthouse	Template:Unihan	Map symbol for lighthouse
⛮	○	Power station	Template:Unihan	Gear with handles
文	○	Elementary or junior high school	Template:Unihan	Kanji bun
㉆	○	High school	U+3246	Kanji bun in a circle
	○	University		Kanji bun with a smaller kanji 大 (for daigaku) in brackets on top
	○	Technical college		Kanji bun with a smaller kanji 専 (for senmon gakkō) in brackets on top
〶	○	Post office	Template:Unihan	Down tack (T-shape) with overbar in circle
〒	×	Sub post office (not distribution centre)	Template:Unihan	Down tack (T-shape) with overbar
⭙	○	Police station	Template:Unihan	Heavy circled saltire
☓	○	Koban (police box)	Template:Unihan	Diagonal cross (saltire)
⊕	○	Public health centre	Template:Unihan	Greek cross in circle
⛨	○	Hospital		Greek cross in shield
⭖	○	Prefectural Office	Template:Unihan	Oval bullseye
⭗	○	City hall	Template:Unihan	Heavy circle with circle inside
◉	○	Ward office	Template:Unihan	Fisheye
⭘	○	Town hall	Template:Unihan	Heavy circle
⛩	○	Shinto shrine	Template:Unihan	Shinto shrine torii
卍	○	Buddhist temple	Template:Unihan	Manji (Swastika)
⛫	○	Castle	Template:Unihan	Castle
⛼	○	Cemetery	Template:Unihan	Headstone graveyard symbol
♨	○	Onsen (hot springs)	Template:Unihan	Oval with three vertical wavy lines
⛬	○	Historical landmark	Template:Unihan	Historic site
⛰	○	Summit	Template:Unihan	Mountain

See also

• Template:Annotated link
• Template:Annotated link
• Template:Annotated link (GSI)

External links

• Japanese map symbols
• Template:Webtrans
• Template:Webtrans This is a very good reference, it has separate links for each symbol.
• Template:Webtrans
• Template:Webtrans