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A crossed pair of bars with alternating flashers.
Also known as: Level crossing warning Japan, Crossing alarm Japan
The Japanese level crossing installation mark, a crossbuck with two alternating red lamps and a bell.
Warns road users that a train is approaching the crossing.
Contexts: Road signage, Public information
Sounds a bell that is as standardised as the lamps and is what most people identify the crossing by; the alternating flash and the bell are timed together, and the Japanese crossing is closed for longer than most because train frequency rather than train speed sets the closure.
Contexts: Road signage, Public information
Two bars crossing in an X above a pair of circular lamps set side by side, mounted on a post beside the track.
The road sign that warns of this installation ahead.