> All an address really does is act as a set of instructions for a postal worker. I think you are unfamiliar with Japanese addressing. While it has been changi

> All an address really does is act as a set of instructions for a postal worker. I think you are unfamiliar with Japanese addressing. While it has been changing since 1962 the older style was basically instructionless. It was just a unique identifier for some place within the town. Maybe it'd have a number that corresponded to the plot of land being registered with the land registry, which in no way resembles a street number. About the only thing you can say about addresses internationally is that they are pointers to a location. The definition of "location" varies wildly in specificity and there is no guarantee of instructions or relative location metadata.