Kyoto is the only city I've been to where I found street names.. And yes, it's a bit tricky to navigate. Even for locals, navigation tools or not. It's usually

Kyoto is the only city I've been to where I found street names.. And yes, it's a bit tricky to navigate. Even for locals, navigation tools or not. It's usually a lot of talking on the phone while (sometimes frantically) driving around, and trying to figure out where the nearest landmark is. As for myself I usually go around by bicycle, and I'm not online when out of wi-fi range. I can use an offline map, and if I know where to go I can get there. But it's infinitely easier to navigate in my home country because of street names+numbers (particularly when there's some system to the street names - a flower theme in this area, a maritime theme in another area). Because I don't need a satnav, or a map, or anything. I just go there. My wife (Japanese) is still a bit surprised about that. Oh, and the postal service now demands street names everywhere, so the last decade or so has filled in street names wherever there weren't any before.