Say the city is Fukuoka, is the state also Fukuoka? And what is the zip code - how long are they normally?
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The zip code is 7 digits long. You could not specify it only with Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture(State). The website below would help you to find the zip code. http://homepage1.nifty.com/tabotabo/pzips/jp_post_zip.htm Hope this helps.
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Fukuoka City is one of the cities in Fukuoka Prefecture state is not used for the address in Japan ZIP codes are seven digits (xxx-xxxx) you can search the ZIP codes in English (an accurate address is necessary for that) http://www.yellowpage-jp.com/modules/zipcodes/ Japanese style address of Fukuoka City (Example) ç¦å²¡çœŒ ç¦å²¡å¸‚ ä¸å¤®åŒº 天神1-1 Fukuoka-ken Fukuoka-shi Chuo-ku Tenjin1-1 (Prefecture City Ward Block) English style Tenjin1-1 , Chuo-ku , Fukuoka city , Fukuoka Prefecture ZIP codes of chuo-ku , Fukuoka-city http://www.yellowpage-jp.com/modules/zipcodes/getarea.php?aid=40133 the letter reaches by the English style address and maybe reaches if the address was written even if the ZIP code is not written
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While western addresses are written as; House # Street Suburb/City State Zip Code Japanese addresses are written in the following order; Post Code (3 + 4 digits) Prefecture (to, dou, hu, ken) City (gun, shi, ku, *chou, *son) Town (*chou, *son) Block # (banchi - usually a set of 2 numbers) House # *whether chou/son belongs to the upper or lower category depends on whether it has a local council or not Geographically, Japan do have states (i.e. Hokkaido, Honshu, Sikoku, Kyushu) but there are no state governments hence they don't refer to States when you write a postal address. The biggest domestic unit for the postal address is 'prefecture', which is like a group of cities, and are much smaller than a 'state' (called 'shu'). "Fukuoka-ken" is a prefecture, then within that prefecture, there is the 'city' with the same name - "Fukuoka-shi". (NOTE: not every prefecture has a city with the same name within it, for example, Hokkaido does not have Hokkaido-city) Within the city is a set of 'towns'. Each 'town' or a 'cho' is usually small enough that you can easily walk from one side to another, so think of it as streets & avenues. A 'cho' is further divided up into different 'blocks' or 'banchi', which is usually represented by a set of 2 numbers. Then finally, you've got a house number. Note that you MUST write down the person's family name as well - Japanese houses have their family name on their mail box instead of the house number.
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My previous answer to this question has been removed for some inexplicable reason. I'll just say now that Sachikin and Australiagc have given you excellent answers, although "zip code" is an acronym only used in the United States. Japan, like other countries, uses postal codes.
