Japanese map symbols

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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
City Hall City Hall Fukuoka City Hall Town or Village Office Town or Village Office Koto Town Office
Court of law Court of law Sapporo-High-District-Court Fire station Fire station Nishi FireStation Hiroshima City
Police station Police station Police station Koban Koban Kameariekimae-Kitaguchi Koban
Health center Health center image search Post office Post Office Post office
Meteorological observatory Meteorological observatory Meteorological observatory District Forest Office District Forest Office image searching
Government or Municipal office Government or Municipal office kinyucho Elementary or Junior high school Elementary school or Junior high school 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 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 Buddhist Temple Buddhist Temple, Daitoku
Factory Factory Hitachi Toyokawa Factory Hospital Hospital Nagoya University Hospital
Japan Self-Defense Forces Japan Self-Defense Forces Self-Defense Forces Oil or Gas well oil well or gas well oil well ((This is picture is of German well))
Power plant Power plant Oi Thermal Power Station nursing home Nursing home image searching
Japanese castle Japanese castle Himeji Chimney Chimney Chimney ((Image not in Japan))
Crater or Fumarole Crater or Fumarole Mount Aso Radio tower Radio tower Radio tower
High Tower High Tower Tokyo Tower Historical site-Place of scenic beauty-Natural monument-Protected animal plant National monument Nintoku Tomb
Monument Monument Monument Windmill Windmill Windmill
Lighthouse Lighthouse Old style Japanese Lighthouse Broadleaf trees Broadleaf trees Broadleaf trees
Coniferous trees Coniferous trees Coniferous trees Palm trees Palm trees Palm trees
Bamboo grove Bamboo grove Bamboo grove Siberian Dwarf Pines Siberian Dwarf Pines Siberian Dwarf Pines
Field Field Field (NOT in Japan) Paddy field Paddy field Paddy field
Orchard Orchard Sour Cherry Orchard Tea plantation Tea plantation Tea plantation ((SRI LANKA))
Mulberry field Mulberry field Mulberry field Other Tree plantation Other Tree plantation Other Tree plantation
Barren land Barren land(Wasteland) Barren land Graveyard Graveyard Graveyard
Mine Mine Mine Pithead Pithead Ryugenji Mine Shaft
Quarry Quarry Quarry Onsen Onsen Onsen
Important port Important port Kobe port Local port Local port Local port
Fishing port Fishing port Fishing port Car Ferry ferry Ritsurin Car Ferry
Other Ferry Other Ferry Other Ferry Benchmark Benchmark benchmark
permanent GPS monument Fixed GPS surveying point (Electronic triangulation point(電子基準点) permanent GPS monument Triangulation point Triangulation point (三角点) Triangulation point

[edit] Partial list of symbols for the visually impaired

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

Symbol GSI Description Unicode Meaning
◬ ○ Dot in upward-pointing triangle 25EC Base triangulation surveying point
○ Dot in upward-pointing triangle with flag Electronic triangulation point
⊡ ○ Dot in square 22A1 Benchmark
☼ ○ White sun with rays 263C Factory
文 ○ Kanji bun 6587 Elementary or junior high school
○ Kanji bun in a circle High school
○ Kanji bun with a smaller kanji 大 (for daigaku) in brackets on top University
○ Kanji bun with a smaller kanji 専 (for senmon gakkō) in brackets on top Technical college
〶 ○ Down tack (T-shape) with overbar in circle 3036 Post office
〒 × Down tack (T-shape) with overbar 3012 Sub post office (not distribution centre)
⊗ ○ Diagonal cross (saltire) in circle 2297 Police station
× ○ Diagonal cross (saltire) 00D7 Koban (police box)
⊕ ○ Greek cross in circle 2295 Public health centre
○ Greek cross in shield Hospital
○ Oval bullseye Prefectural Office
◎ ○ Bullseye 25CE City hall
◉ ○ Fisheye 25C9 Ward office
○ ○ Circle 25CB Town hall
卍 ○ Manji (Sauwastika) 534D Buddhist temple
⊥ ○ Up tack (inverted T-shape) 22A5 Cemetery
♨ ○ Oval with three vertical wavy lines 2668 Onsen (hot springs)
∴ ○ Therefore symbol 2234 Historical landmark
▴ ○ Small black upward-pointing triangle 25B4 Summit
ж ○ Seal script kanji for tree 0436 Forestry station

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