Japan Points of Interest from OpenStreetMap, Including Amenities and Tourism Features

Japan Points of Interest (OpenStreetMap Export) is a geospatial dataset from the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT). It contains OpenStreetMap features in Japan where tags for 'amenity', 'man_made', 'shop', or 'tourism' are present. The dataset was last updated on 2026-03-03.

Use Cases

• Mapping commercial and retail locations based on the 'shop' tag.
• Analyzing tourism infrastructure and attractions based on the 'tourism' tag.
• Identifying public amenities and services based on the 'amenity' tag.
• Geocoding addresses for points of interest using the 'addr:*' attribute fields.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a collaborative and openly licensed global mapping project.
• Includes multilingual name fields ('name:en', 'name:ja') for international usability.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats (GEOJSON, SHP, GEOPACKAGE, KML).

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)

Collection Method

Export of features from the OpenStreetMap database matching specific tag criteria.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-03 10:31:27.500085; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Japan