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modeless
304 days ago
In Japan house numbers are based on construction date rather than position along the street.
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iggldiggl
303 days ago
And streets don't automatically have names, and with a few exceptions addresses are always based on city blocks instead. (See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_addressing_system
for a more complete explanation)
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