List of Japanese map symbols
This is a list of symbols appearing on Japanese maps. These symbols are called chizukigou in the Japanese language.
| symbol | meaning | illustration | symbol | meaning | illustration |
| Municipal building | Municipal building | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Major port | Minor port | ||||
| Fishing port | Ferry | ||||
| Ferry | Benchmark | ||||
| Fixed GPS survey point.svg|100px|Triangulation point | Triangulation point |
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 | Meaning | Unicode | Description |
| ◬ | ○ | Base triangulation surveying point | Dot in upward-pointing triangle | |
| ○ | Electronic triangulation point | Dot in upward-pointing triangle with flag | ||
| ⊡ | ○ | Benchmark | Dot in square | |
| ⛭ | ○ | Factory | Gear without hub | |
| ⛯ | ○ | Lighthouse | Map symbol for lighthouse | |
| ⛮ | ○ | Power station | Gear with handles | |
| 文 | ○ | Elementary or junior high school | Kanji | |
| ㉆ | ○ | High school | Kanji bun in a circle | |
| ○ | University | Kanji bun with a smaller kanji 大 in brackets on top | ||
| ○ | Technical college | Kanji bun with a smaller kanji 専 in brackets on top | ||
| 〶 | ○ | Post office | Down tack with overbar in circle | |
| 〒 | × | Sub post office | Down tack with overbar | |
| ⭙ | ○ | Police station | Heavy circled saltire | |
| ☓ | ○ | Koban | Diagonal cross | |
| ⊕ | ○ | Public health centre | Greek cross in circle | |
| ⛨ | ○ | Hospital | Greek cross in shield | |
| ⭖ | ○ | Prefectural Office | Oval bullseye | |
| ⭗ | ○ | City hall | Heavy circle with circle inside | |
| ◉ | ○ | Ward office | Fisheye | |
| ⭘ | ○ | Town hall | Heavy circle | |
| ⛩ | ○ | Shinto shrine | Shinto shrine | |
| 卍 | ○ | Buddhist temple | Manji | |
| ⛫ | ○ | Castle | Castle | |
| ⛼ | ○ | Cemetery | Headstone graveyard symbol | |
| ♨ | ○ | Onsen | Oval with three vertical wavy lines | |
| ⛬ | ○ | Historical landmark | Historic site | |
| ⛰ | ○ | Summit | Mountain |