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I need help reading a Japanese address ?
1-7-1 Konan
Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-0075 Japan
I'm writing a letter for an english class and I'm sending it to this adress, but I don't know how to read it. I don't understand what is the postal code, street name and so on.
6 Answers
- GD173Lv 61 decade agoFavorite Answer
Country: Japan
Postal Code: 108-0075
City: Tokyo
*Tokyo is a huge "city". I say "city" because it's more like a metropolitan area divided in 23 smaller administrative units called "wards". Each ward is like a mini-city.
Ward: Minato ("ku" means "ward")
Location: 1-7-1 Konan
*"Konan" is like a neighborhood. There are quite a few neighborhoods that make up Minato Ward. The number "1-7-1" is like a house/lot number. Each of these neighborhoods are broken down into smaller units designated by such numbers. These are called "banchi".
Hope that helps
Source(s): Me - Kisetsu BabyLv 41 decade ago
The postal code is 108-0075
Tokyo(Prefecture),Minato-ku(district),Konan 1-7-1
.The street no.is 1-7-1.It means ichome-nana no ichi.In english 1st street 1-7.That's the street no.Kounan is the place (district).Addresses here in Japan are written in a different way.Unlike international addresses...they start from the country,then the prefecture,district or city then the street no.
READ IT LIKE READING IT IN ENGLISH.GOODLUCK!!!!
- RabbityamaLv 61 decade ago
1-7-1 Konan is the actual house's address
Minato-ku is the district where the house is located.
Tokyo is the prefecture (the Japanese equivalent to a state or province).
108-0075 is the Japanese zip/postal code.
Japan is obviously the country.
- 1 decade ago
uhhh , let me guess , 1-7-1 Konan Minato-ku maybe the street name or district , Tokyo is city , 108-0075 is postal code , may be , hope it will help , :)
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- Anonymous1 decade ago
1-7-1 is said e-cchomeh Nahnah no Ichee,(officially, it is said I-CChome Nana-Ban Ichi-Go)
Konan is Koh-Nanh
Minato-ku is Me-nah-toh-Kuh
zip code is 108-0075
In Japan address of Chome/Banchi system is usual. It is not like lot numbers on each street
Each town has several blocks in the area such as Konan 1-Chome, 2-Chome, 3-Chome so on upto 9-Chome if necessary and each Chome(large block) has smaller block such as 1-Ban to some more numbers Ban in order. Then, each Ban block has also smallest block called goh which is usually equal to indivial house lot.
In Japan, the street name has often no relation with the residential address. Most of the streets have no name actually.
- LalafellLv 41 decade ago
Right here:
http://www.mapion.co.jp/c/f?nl=35/37/42.596&el=139...
maybe will be better for you to write kounan than konan