# 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.
| meaning | meaning |
| 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 |
| 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 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 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 |