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A blue plate carrying a municipality name and outline.
Also known as: Town boundary Japan, City limits Japan
Marks the boundary of a Japanese city, town or village, usually with the municipality's own outline or emblem.
Frequently carries the municipality's own emblem, a mon-derived monogram of the place name that most Japanese municipalities maintain, so the boundary sign is one of the few places a national road user meets local heraldry.
Contexts: Road signage
A wide rectangle in a solid tone carrying written characters in a contrasting tone, frequently with a small emblem or a shaded map outline beside them.
The same boundary as the national map draws it.