To facilitate identifying a two-dimensional location of an IC tag embedded in a structure.

A location identification method is for identifying a two-dimensional surface location of an IC tag embedded in a structure. The method includes: a first reception step where a receiver having a directivity capable of receiving a signal from the IC tag is linearly or rotationally moved as a first move along a first direction other than the direction normal to the surface of the structure to receive the signal; a second reception step where the receiver is linearly moved as a second move along a second direction other than the direction normal to the surface and the first direction, or rotationally moved around an axis other than the rotational axis in the previous step to receive the signal; and a location identification step for identifying the location of the IC tag on the basis of the signal received in the first reception step and the signal received in the second reception step.