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> roads in Japan have no meaning. I've never been to Japan. Can you elaborate?
by fludlight 9y ago
> roads in Japan have no meaning.
I've never been to Japan. Can you elaborate?
- rmc 9y agoI suspect they're referring to the Japanese addressing schem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_addressing_system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_addressing_system
- wst_ 9y agoMeans - if you have an address, road name or topography won't help you. Most roads don't have a name, anyways. Not sure about US but in EU it's pretty common that houses are bound to roads so the address encloses road name and house number on this road. In Japan it is different. City is divided in areas, which are divided into smaller areas, all the way down to the building. Even locals often don't know the layout and are unable to tell how to reach the house on next square just by looking at the address.