This patch lets you set --code-page=932; with it, mkgmap outputs maps with proper Japanese characters for my Oregon 300. It disables transliteration. To display on my unit, I use modified fonts that include Asian characters, which I downloaded from: http://download.garmin.com/tw/download/TW_MAINWEB_UPGRADE/nuvi200_TWN_v410.e... using instructions from: http://www.malfreemaps.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=289&start=20 My resulting font files in Garmin\ExtData are: 006-D0952-05.bin 2,378,440 bytes 006-D0952-06.bin 8,006,800 bytes Can others verify that it also works for them? I'm a Java newbie, so the implementation may be sub-optimal. Kimon