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 (English)	Illustration
	Municipal building (city or ward level)
	Municipal building (town or village level)
	Courthouse 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
	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	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 文 (bun)
㉆	○	High school	U+3246	Kanji 文 (bun) in a circle
	○	University		Kanji 文 (bun) with a smaller kanji 大 (for daigaku) in brackets on top
	○	Technical college		Kanji 文 (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
☓	○	Kōban (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 torii
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

See also

• Key (map) – Graphic depiction of a geographic phenomenonPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• List of Japanese typographic symbols
• Geospatial Information Authority of Japan – Institution responsible for surveying and mapping the national land of Japan (GSI)

External links

• 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)