List of Japanese map symbols

This is a list of symbols appearing on Japanese maps. These symbols are called chizukigou (地図記号) in the Japanese language.

symbol	meaning	illustration	symbol	meaning	illustration
	Municipal building (city or ward level)			Municipal building (town or village level)
	Court house or building			Fire station
	Police station			Kōban
	Public health center			Post office
	Meteorological observatory			Forest service office
	Government office building			Elementary or junior highschool
	High school			Junior college
	Technical college			College or university
	Museum			Library
	Shinto shrine			Temple
	Plant or factory			Hospital
	Military base			Oil or gas well
	Power station			Nursing home
	Castle			Chimney
	Volcanic crater or Fumarole			Radio tower
	TV tower			Place of historic, cultural, or scenic interest
	Monument			Wind turbine or farm
	Lighthouse			Hardwood forest or woods
	Coniferous forest or woods			Palm trees
	Bamboo grove			Dwarf pine forest or woods
	Fields			Paddies
	Orchard			Tea plantation
	Mulberry orchard			Other plantation
	Marsh or Grassland			Graveyard or cemetery
	Mine			Pit head
	Quarry			Onsen (hot spring)
	Major port			Minor port
	Fishing port			Ferry (car carrier)
	Ferry			Benchmark
	Fixed GPS survey point (Electronic triangulation point			Triangulation point

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	U+25EC	Dot in upward-pointing triangle
	○	Electronic triangulation point		Dot in upward-pointing triangle with flag
⊡	○	Benchmark	U+22A1	Dot in square
⛭	○	Factory	U+26ED	Gear without hub
⛯	○	Lighthouse	U+26EF	Map symbol for lighthouse
⛮	○	Power station	U+26EE	Gear with handles
文	○	Elementary or junior high school	U+6587	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	U+3036	Down tack (T-shape) with overbar in circle
〒	×	Sub post office (not distribution centre)	U+3012	Down tack (T-shape) with overbar
⭙	○	Police station	U+2B59	Heavy circled saltire
☓	○	Koban (police box)	U+2613	Diagonal cross (saltire)
⊕	○	Public health centre	U+2295	Greek cross in circle
⛨	○	Hospital		Greek cross in shield
⭖	○	Prefectural Office	U+26FB	Oval bullseye
⭗	○	City hall	U+2B57	Heavy circle with circle inside
◉	○	Ward office	U+25C9	Fisheye
⭘	○	Town hall	U+2B58	Heavy circle
⛩	○	Shinto shrine	U+26E9	Shinto shrine
卍	○	Buddhist temple	U+534D	Manji (Swastika)
⛫	○	Castle	U+26EB	Castle
⛼	○	Cemetery	U+26FC	Headstone graveyard symbol
♨	○	Onsen (hot springs)	U+2668	Oval with three vertical wavy lines
⛬	○	Historical landmark	U+26EC	Historic site
⛰	○	Summit	U+26F0	Mountain

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Map symbols of Japan.

Japanese map symbols
List of symbols (in Japanese) (Translate to English: Google, Bing, Yandex)
Children's list from the GSI (in Japanese) (Translate to English: Google, Bing, Yandex) This is a very good reference, it has separate links for each symbol.
Map Symbols (2002) from the GSI (in Japanese) (Translate to English: Google, Bing, Yandex)
Map symbols from the Its-mo online map (in Japanese) (Translate to English: Google, Bing, Yandex)

This page was last edited on 21 September 2023, at 03:48