Japanese post offices are easy to find in most towns and cities, and are marked with this symbol 〒. You will have to find a post office to get it stamped. Ready to master the Japanese writing system? Get your Free Lifetime Account to unlock access to all our resources for learning the Japanese alphabet - Hiragana and Katakana in 10 days - and start writing Japanese from the very first lesson! If you are an absolute beginner but want to get started in order to write your postcard in Japanese, you can learn how in the Introduction to Japanese Writing lesson. Now you know how to write an address in the best Japanese tradition! But if you absolutely want to stick it to the western style, which would still be delivered, here is the same example as above but in Japanese Romaji or English: In Japan the last name precedes the first name and is often followed by a honorific suffix like San (さん) or Sama (様), corresponding to Mr. 3丁目4-4 - City district (丁目, chome), city block (番地, banchi), bldg/house number (号, go).港区 - Municipality, city (市, shi), village (村, mura) or ward (区, ku).東京都 - Prefecture (県, ken), with the exception of Tokyo (都, to), Hokkaido (道, do) and Osaka/Kyoto (府, fu).107-0052 - Postal code, composed of 7 numbers.〒 - Postal symbol, preceding postal code.In English it would be the opposite, you would start with the name and finish with the prefecture and postal code. When writing a Japanese address, you need to start with the postal code, then the prefecture followed by city, subarea number, block number, building/house number, and you finish with the recipient’s name.
Let’s get down to business and give you what you came for, the secret to writing a Japanese address on a postcard or any kind of mail you would need to post.
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