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I remember trying to deliver an urgent parcel in London (I was coming from France) and discovering that the address numbers don't follow each other and are not

I remember trying to deliver an urgent parcel in London (I was coming from France) and discovering that the address numbers don't follow each other and are not organized by odd numbers on one side of the road and even numbers on the other side. So you could have house number 200 between 15 and 42 ... of course I had to go the full length of the street before finding the right address. I remember feeling sympathy for English postmen back then ;-)

Larrikin 9y ago
In Japan, most streets don't have names and buildings are numbered based on when they were built. Even with Google maps most businesses provide a drawn map showing nearest convenient stores and stations.
IshKebab 9y ago
They are usually odd on one side, even on the other. But not every road fits into that neat pattern so sometimes you get them all on one side. They should be in a vaguely sensible order though - it would be very weird to get 200 between 15 and 42.