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Around Town

Addresses

Japan has traditionally used a district system of addresses. The hierarchy of districts start s with the lar gest, the ward (ku), and gets progressively smaller with chó (or macki) and banchi. Buildings within the districts are often numbered according to the order in which they were built, and not necessarily in sequential order along a Street. The best way to locate an address is to have someone tell you which subway station is closest to your destination and then cali for directions from that station. With the use of a map, some landmarks, and possibly a police box (kóban), you can find your destination. As an altemative, let a taxi driver worry about finding the place.

Where is the........?

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........wa doko desu ka?

art gallery garó bank ginkó book storę honya embassy taishikan hotel hoteru inn

ryokan

museum hakubutsukan post Office yubin kyoku restaurant shokudó tempie tera

At the Post Office

Many tourist hotels either offer a packing service or have a shop in their building which will pack your souvenirs for posting. Most of them also sell stamps and mail letters for you.

The symbol for post offices and postał services is a white and red T with a bar across the top. The mailboxes (posuto) are red, and in Tokyo the slot on the left-side is for mail destined for outside the city. Blue mailboxes are for special delivery mail.

I want........

........o kudasai    ... £ i' £ ^^

a stamp kitte

an air letter

koku yubin    tern §$(#!

a postcard

hagaki    i?

I want to send it by........

........de okuritai no desu ...7:")& *0    ^ CD

airmail

kokabin    mS®