Japan

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Think of it as JapanGuessr: a Street View guessing game set entirely in Japan. You are dropped at a random Street View location in Japan. Look around, read the signs, poles and road markings, then pin where you think you are — the closer the pin, the higher the score. One game is 5 rounds drawn from 5,300 locations. It is free and needs no account; sign in to keep your score on the leaderboard.

How to recognise Japan

Drives on the left · Language: Japanese · Domain: .jp · Phone code: +81

Short pole reflectors - Yellow-and-black Diagonal
A yellow-and-black diagonal reflective sleeve wrapped around a utility pole, attached with metal or plastic bands/wires.
Writing scripts
Public signs in Japan use a mix of kanji (Chinese characters) and the two syllabaries, hiragana and katakana.
White guardrails
White metal guardrails - usually Type-A
Private plates
Type: Private; Shape: Short; Background: Green or white; Text: White or green
Bollard with orange circle
Cylinder metal with one or two orange round reflectors on top on the front side and white on the back side. Reflectors placed inside grey metallic frame
Retaining walls
On rural and mountain roads, you’ll often see concrete retaining walls with interlocking block patterns