Key:name:ja-Latn

Description
A name in Japanese written in rōmaji (romanized).
Group: names
Used on these elements
Useful combination
name:ja=*
Status: de facto
name:ja-Latn=* More details at taginfo
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=* is used for name in Japanese romanization.

name:ja = 京都 name:ja-Hira = きょうと name:ja-Latn = Kyōto

Maps in Japanese romanization

Note: this tag is used almost only in Japan.

• Wikimedia Maps (wikimedia.org)
• Wikimedia Maps (toolforge.org)
• OpenStreetMap Americana
• OpenMapTiles – raster and vector tiles (demo)

See also

• name:ja=* – Japanese name
• name:ja-Hira=* – Japanese name in Hiragana
• Multilingual names#Japan
• Names – about names in general

Possible synonyms

Note that name:ja_rm has most uses, but uses nonstandard code. It would be better to use "ja-Latn" because it uses standard ISO 15924 code for the script.

More details at taginfo

More details at taginfo

• name:ja_rm=*

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Compare tags history on a chart: https://taghistory.raifer.tech/#***/name%3Aja-Latn/&***/name%3Aja_rm/
The tag name:ja_rm has been used since 2008, and name:ja-Latn since 2015.