Japan: road signs
70 road signs with their official codes, each compared with the same sign in other countries.
Warning signs
Bend ahead203-R
Double bend ahead205-R
Winding road206-R
Side road junction201-B-R
T-junction ahead201-C
Y-junction / fork ahead201-D
Merging traffic210
Roundabout ahead201-2
Traffic signals ahead208-2
Two-way traffic ahead212-2
Steep descent212-4
Steep ascent212-3
Road narrows212
Lane ends211
Uneven road209-3
Slippery road209
Falling rocks209-2
Crosswind214
Roadworks213
Other danger215
Pedestrian crossing ahead407-A
Children208
Cyclists407-2
Wild animals214-2
Advisory speed510
Priority signs
Prohibitory and restriction signs
No entry303
No vehicles301
No motor vehicles310
No motor vehicles except solo motorcycles304
No motorcycles307- No mopeds307
No cycling309
No heavy goods vehicles305
No buses306
No pedestrians331
No vehicles carrying dangerous goods319
Maximum height321
Maximum width322
Maximum weight320
No U-turn313
No overtaking314
Speed limit323
No parking316
No stopping315
End of speed limit323
Mandatory signs
Special regulation signs
Information and service signs
Direction and position signs
Additional panels
Text signs in the United States and Canada
School zone signs
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- Slovenia
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- Türkiye
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- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Vietnam
Image credits
Sign images from Wikimedia Commons, used under their licences.
- Japan 203-R: Monaneko, Public domain
- Japan 205-R: Monaneko, Public domain
- Japan 206-R: Monaneko, Public domain
- Japan 201-B-R: Monaneko, Public domain
- Japan 201-C: Monaneko, Public domain
- Japan 201-D: Monaneko, Public domain
- Japan 210: Monaneko, Public domain
- Japan 201-2: Monaneko, Public domain
- Japan 208-2: Monaneko, Public domain
- Japan 212-2: Monaneko, Public domain
- Japan 212-4: Monaneko, Public domain
- Japan 212-3: Monaneko, Public domain
- Japan 212: Monaneko, Public domain
- Japan 211: Monaneko, Public domain
- Japan 209-3: Monaneko, Public domain
- Japan 209: Monaneko, Public domain
- Japan 209-2: Monaneko, Public domain
- Japan 214: Monaneko, Public domain
- Japan 213: Monaneko, Public domain
- Japan 215: Monaneko, Public domain
- Japan 407-A: Fry1989 eh?, Public domain
- Japan 208: Monaneko, Public domain
- Japan 407-2: Fry1989 eh?, Public domain
- Japan 214-2: Monaneko, Public domain
- Japan 510: Monaneko (talk), Public domain
- Japan 330-A: Monaneko, Public domain
- Japan 405: Widehawk, Public domain
- Japan 303: Monaneko, Public domain
- Japan 301: Monaneko, Public domain
- Japan 310: Fry1989 eh?, Public domain
- Japan 304: Monaneko, Public domain
- Japan 307: Monaneko, Public domain
- Japan 309: Monaneko, Public domain
- Japan 305: Monaneko, Public domain
- Japan 306: Monaneko, Public domain
- Japan 331: Eastwind41, Public domain
- Japan 319: Monaneko, Public domain
- Japan 321: Monaneko, Public domain
- Japan 322: Monaneko, Public domain
- Japan 320: Monaneko, Public domain
- Japan 313: Monaneko, Public domain
- Japan 314: イココ, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Japan 323: Monaneko, Public domain
- Japan 316: Monaneko, Public domain
- Japan 315: Monaneko, Public domain
- Japan 323: Ignos~jawiki, Public domain
- Japan 311-C: Monaneko, Public domain
- Japan 311-B: Fry1989, Public domain
- Japan 311-B: Monaneko, Public domain
- Japan 311-A: Fry1989, Public domain
- Japan 311-D: Monaneko, Public domain
- Japan 311-F: Monaneko, Public domain
- Japan 327-1: Monaneko, Public domain
- Japan 324: Monaneko, Public domain
- Japan 325-2: Monaneko, Public domain
- Japan 325-4: Monaneko, Public domain
- Japan 325-3: Monaneko, Public domain
- Japan 327-4: Monaneko (talk), Public domain
- Japan 326-A: Monaneko, Public domain
- Japan 124-C: Monaneko (talk), Public domain
- Japan 120-A: Monaneko (talk), Public domain
- Japan 502: Monaneko (talk), Public domain
- Japan 503-C: Monaneko (talk), Public domain
- Japan 407-B: Fry1989 eh?, Public domain