Introducing Places UI Kit: A ready-to-use, low-cost component library that lets you bring the familiar Google Maps UI for Places to any map of your choice. Try it out, andshare your input to help shape the future of GMP!
Localizing the Map
This example creates a map that's localized in Japanese, regardless of theuser's browser settings. The region is also set to Japan, which biases thegeocoding results to that region.
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TypeScript
// This example displays a map with the language and region set// to Japan. These settings are specified in the HTML script element// when loading the Google Maps JavaScript API.// Setting the language shows the map in the language of your choice.// Setting the region biases the geocoding results to that region.functioninitMap():void{constmap=newgoogle.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map")asHTMLElement,{zoom:8,center:{lat:35.717,lng:139.731},});}declareglobal{interfaceWindow{initMap:()=>void;}}window.initMap=initMap;
JavaScript
// This example displays a map with the language and region set// to Japan. These settings are specified in the HTML script element// when loading the Google Maps JavaScript API.// Setting the language shows the map in the language of your choice.// Setting the region biases the geocoding results to that region.functioninitMap(){constmap=newgoogle.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map"),{zoom:8,center:{lat:35.717,lng:139.731},});}window.initMap=initMap;
CSS
/* * Always set the map height explicitly to define the size of the div element * that contains the map. */#map{height:100%;}/* * Optional: Makes the sample page fill the window. */html,body{height:100%;margin:0;padding:0;}
HTML
<html> <head> <title>Localizing the Map</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./style.css" /> <script type="module" src="./index.js"></script> </head> <body> <div></div> <!-- The `defer` attribute causes the script to execute after the full HTML document has been parsed. For non-blocking uses, avoiding race conditions, and consistent behavior across browsers, consider loading using Promises. See https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/load-maps-js-api for more information. --> <script src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=AIzaSyB41DRUbKWJHPxaFjMAwdrzWzbVKartNGg&callback=initMap&v=weekly&language=ja®ion=JP" defer ></script> </body></html>
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Clone Sample
Git and Node.js are required to run this sample locally. Follow theseinstructions to install Node.js and NPM. The following commands clone, install dependencies and start the sample application.
gitclone-bsample-map-languagehttps://github.com/googlemaps/js-samples.gitcdjs-samplesnpminpmstart
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Last updated 2025-07-18 UTC.