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A flattened oval with three rising wisps of steam.
Also known as: Onsen mark, Hot spring symbol, Steaming bath symbol, Bowl with steam
The onsen mark shows a bath of water with three curls of steam rising from it, and it is one of the most recognisable symbols in Japan — used on maps, on signs and on the noren curtains hung at bath-house doors. The GSI added an alternative version in 2019 after research found foreign visitors read the original as a dish of hot food.
Denotes a hot spring on a Japanese topographic map, drawn as a shallow basin of water with three rising wisps of steam.
Contexts: Maps
Was supplemented in 2019 by an alternative showing three bathers in the water, after GSI research found foreign visitors read the original as a warm meal.
Contexts: Maps
Appears far beyond mapping — on signage, noren curtains and product packaging — as the general mark for a bath house.
Contexts: Maps
A wide shallow oval representing a pool of water, with three short wavy strokes rising from its upper edge, the middle one taller than the outer two.