ROAD SIGNS IN JAPAN

Stop Closed to Closed to all Do Not Closed to Road Closed to Road Closed to Closed to Light Closed to Large
Slow Vehicles Vehicles & Large Sized All Vehicles Vehicles Except Passenger
Vehicles & Enter
Pedestrians Motorcycles Trucks & Special Except Two Bicycles Vehicles
Duty Vehicles Wheeled Vehicles

No Right No Passing No U-Turn No Two Step Closed to Closed to Closed to No Pedestrian Closed to
Turn Turns (Turn Two Vehicles with Bicycles Crossing Pedestrians
normally) Wheeled Hazardous
Vehicles Cargo
Closed to
Trucks Over
3 Tons

PARKING SIGNS
SPEED LIMIT SIZE & WEIGHT
NO PARKING SIGNS LIMIT SIGNS
No parking at any time, may stop for up to
5 minutes for loading and unloading provided
a driver is present at all times.

No Parking or Stopping Anytime Minimum

Speed
Maximum
Speed
Maximum Width
in Meters
Maximum Weight Maximum Height
in Tons in Meters
Parking Permitted Signs
ROAD SIGNS IN JAPAN
Restricted Paths & Common Roadway Signs
Roadways

Pedestrians Pedestrians Safety Zone Designated Primary Two Step Turn

Only & Bicycles Center Line Road Required for
Only Mopeds

Direction Indicators

Bicycles Motor
Vehicles Driving On Exclusive Preferred Parallel
Only
Only Tracks Bus Lane Bus Lane Riding
Permitted Permitted

Common Crosswalk Signs

Miscellaneous Roadway Signs

School Bicycle Left Turn

Crosswalk Crossing Sound Horn One Way Permitted
On Red

Pedestrian Pedestrian
Crosswalk & Bicycle Stop Before the Tire Boot
Detour
Crosswalk Stop Line Zone
 AUXILLARY
STREET MARKINGS
SIGNS
A solid yellow stripe painted
RED arrows apply to the sign above it. Yellow dashed stripes painted on
on the curb means “NO
the curb means “NO PARKING”.
PARKING or STOPPING” at
any time..

START of a control Start of no parking from

08:00 to 20:00 zone

NO PARKING NO PARKING OR
STOPPING
End of no parking from
END of a control 08:00 to 20:00 zone

Solid yellow
stripe
Yellow dashed
Within the no parking from stripes
WITHIN a control 08:00 to 20:00 zone.

No u-turn from Maximum speed

End of 50 KPH zone. End of no u-turn 08:00 to 20:00 30 KPH

END of a control
(applies to the
End of no parking from
sign below it.) 08:00 to 20:00 zone.

Hours Regulated

No U-Turns from 08:0-

20:00.
 STREET MARKINGS

Multiple Crosswalks
Bicycle Crossing

Intersections
Pedestrian with a high
Crosswalk volume of
Pedestrian
traffic may look
STOP Line similar to this.

Diamond Marks indicate

Crosswalk Ahead. Safety Zone

Safety zones are

no stopping zones
generally located
in front of fire
departments,
hospitals, &
Emergency
Services facilities.

CENTER LINE
 CAUTION SIGNS IN JAPAN

Curve Ahead Curve Ahead Curve Ahead Curve Ahead Curve Ahead Intersection Intersection
Ahead Ahead

Roadway
Intersection Intersection Merge Two-Way Traffic Number of Traffic Signal
Narrows
Ahead Ahead Lanes Reduced Ahead

Caution Prevailing Side Downgrade or Upgrade or Slippery Road Rail Road School Zone
Wind Decline Incline Crossing Ahead

Deer Crossing Road Rotary Trolley Crossing Fallen or Falling Bumps or Raccoon
Construction Ahead Rocks Bumpy Road Crossing
 Common Expressway & Highway Signs

Emergency Emergency Destination & Designates lane Destination &

Parking Telephone Direction for Destination Direction

Parking Area Rest Area/Parking Expressway Destination & Destination &

Fuel Stand, Etc. Entrance Direction Distance

Slower Traffic National Route Expressway

Keep Left Marker and Exit
Highway Signs
 Motor Vehicle Signs
These symbols are a placed on or in motor vehicles so as to be visible from the front and rear of the vehicle.
Each symbol identifies special consideration of the operator or passenger of the vehicles.

NEW DRIVER ELDERLY DRIVER

This identifies the driver as a NEW This identifies the driver as an elderly driver 70
DRIVER or someone with 1 year or less Years of Age or older. Use of this symbol is
driving experience. mandatory for drivers 75 years of age and older.

HEARING IMPAIRED HANDICAPPED

Current & Old Signs NEW Sign

This symbol identifies the driver as hearing impaired.

This driver must install an oversize rear view mirror to
reduce the size of blind spots. Handicapped Driver/Passenger