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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.

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  • GD173
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago
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    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
  • 1 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!!!!

  • 1 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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  • Anonymous
    1 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.

  • 1 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

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