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  2. Japanese addressing system - Wikipedia

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    In Japanese, the address is written in order from largest unit to smallest, with the addressee's name last of all. For example, the address of the Tokyo Central Post Office is 〒100-8994 東京都千代田区丸ノ内二丁目7番2号 東京中央郵便局 〒100-8994 Tōkyō-to Chiyoda-ku Marunouchi 2-Chōme 7-ban 2-gō Tōkyō Chūō Yūbin ...

  3. Postal codes in Japan - Wikipedia

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    3-digit postcodes of Japan. Postal codes in Japan are 7-digit numeric codes using the format NNN-NNNN, where N is a digit. [1] The first two digits refer to one of the 47 prefectures (for example, 40 for the Yamanashi Prefecture), the next digit for one of a set of adjacent cities in the prefecture (408 for Hokuto, Yamanashi), the next two for a neighborhood, and the last for a neighborhood or ...

  4. Jūminhyō - Wikipedia

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    A jūminhyō (住民票) (resident record [1] or residence certificate [2]) is a registry of current residential addresses maintained by local governments in Japan.Japanese law requires each resident to report his or her current address to the local authorities who compile the information for tax, national health insurance and census purposes.

  5. Talk:Japanese addressing system - Wikipedia

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    Japanese address system Scheme (Draft) Hi, you all. Some are in hurry to figure out what Japanese tangled addressing system is or to be. I now up load and show you the DRAFT of my written scheme ONLY in hurry. It need to describe each level 1 to 15 and numbered arrows with explanation and example. Again, wait.

  6. Place names in Japan - Wikipedia

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    As people from mainland Japan conquered and colonized Hokkaido in the Edo period and the Meiji period, they transcribed Ainu placenames into Japanese using kanji chosen solely for their pronunciation. For example, the name Esashi comes from the Ainu word es a us i, meaning "cape". [2] Some common Ainu elements in Hokkaido place names include:

  7. Postage stamps and postal history of Japan - Wikipedia

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    The first stamp of Japan, the Ryumon, issued in 1871. In 1870, Baron Maeshima visited London to learn the workings of the British postal system, and founded Japan's postal system in 1871. The first stamps were issued in April 1871, in a set of four covering the different postal rates; the intricate two-color design consisted of a pair of ...

  8. Address - Wikipedia

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    Illuminated address to see better at night. An address is a collection of information, presented in a mostly fixed format, used to give the location of a building, apartment, or other structure or a plot of land, generally using political boundaries and street names as references, along with other identifiers such as house or apartment numbers and organization name.

  9. House numbering - Wikipedia

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    Streets may be numbered based on distances, where the house number is based on some mathematical formula according to the distance from the start of the numbering system. As an example, a numbering system can provide 1000 addresses per mile, 500 on each side of the street, amounting to an address pair (odd and even) every 10.56 feet. [27]