On Sun, 11 Oct 2009, Darrell Fuhriman wrote:
Most of Japan isn't much different than anywhere in the US or Europe (IIRC). Except Tokyo. Most streets in Tokyo don't have names. Addresses are just nested geographies. So an address like "1-2-3 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-Ku, Tokyo" means: In Tokyo, in the Shinjuku Ward, in the Nishi(West)-Shinjuku section, in the 1st Chome (district), on the second block, the 3rd building.
Not nearly as odd, but in Lelystad in the Netherlands the addresses also follow a district-street-house number system, such as: Punter 24-08. That translates as 'Punter district, street number 24, house number 08'. The streets all curve around within the district, so street 24 could touch street 23 but it might also touch street 33. I think the conclusion is that there are many different forms of addressing, and most software doesn't get it right. Heck, many US webforms can't even handle anything other than a US zipcode for the postcode section.
