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However, that's not the only convention for postal addresses. In Japan they write them the other way around, starting with the prefecture and working down throu
by pm215 14y ago
However, that's not the only convention for postal addresses. In Japan they write them the other way around, starting with the prefecture and working down through city, subarea, block/building number and finally the addressee's name. I don't think it's the only country using major-to-minor order, although minor-to-major is more common.
- justincormack 14y agoAnd most of Europe does "rue Blah 1600"
- SeanLuke 14y agoWell... the building number appears after the street, but beyond that it follows the standard address convention, does it not? Piazza di San Cosimato 63, 00153 Rome, Italy Also, I'm don't know if Japanese addresses are reversed in Japanese, but when the Japanese express them in latin scripts, they are always in standard address order clear down to floor numbers and room numbers. Here's Sony Computer Science Laboratories: 3-14-13, Higashigotanda, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan Straightforward address ordering. At any rate, the IP address scheme was invented by Americans, so it seems natural that it'd use an American (and generally worldwide it seems, at least in roman scripts) address ordering.
- pm215 14y agoYes, I skipped the detail that Japanese addresses in Latin scripts are written the other way around. SCSL's address in native script as quoted on their webpage is 東京都品川区東五反田3-14-13 高輪ミューズビル (ie Tokyou-to Shinagawa-ku Higashigotanda 3-14-3 Takanawa Muuze biru).