Editing Japanese addressing system (section)

==Address order==
In Japanese, the address is written in order from largest unit to smallest, with the addressee's name last of all.  For example, the address of the {{ill|Tōkyō Central Post Office|ja|東京中央郵便局}} is

:〒100-8994 <br /> 東京都千代田区丸ノ内二丁目7番2号 <br /> 東京中央郵便局

:''〒100-8994 <br />Tōkyō-to Chiyoda-ku Marunouchi 2-Chōme 7-ban 2-gō <br /> Tōkyō Chūō Yūbin-kyoku''

or

:〒100-8994 <br /> 東京都千代田区丸ノ内2-7-2 <br /> 東京中央郵便局

:''〒100-8994 <br /> Tōkyō-to Chiyoda-ku Marunouchi 2-7-2 <br /> Tōkyō Chūō Yūbin-kyoku''

The order is reversed when writing in [[rōmaji]].  The format recommended by [[Japan Post]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.post.japanpost.jp/int/use/writing/ems_en.html|title=How to Fill Out EMS label - Japan Post|website=Post.japanpost.jp|access-date=26 May 2017|language=en|archive-date=10 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610062003/https://www.post.japanpost.jp/int/use/writing/ems_en.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> is:

:Tokyo Central Post Office<br />7-2, Marunouchi 2-Chome<br />Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8994

In this address, Tokyo is the prefecture; [[Chiyoda, Tokyo|Chiyoda-ku]] is one of the special wards; [[Marunouchi]] 2-Chome is the name of the city district; and 7-2 is the city block and building number. In practice<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.post.japanpost.jp/english/about/index.html |title= Corporate Information > About Japan Post |access-date=2010-04-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100412122728/http://www.post.japanpost.jp/english/about/index.html |archive-date=2010-04-12 |language=en}}</ref> it is common for the ''chōme'' to be prefixed, as in Japanese, resulting in the somewhat shorter:

:Tokyo Central Post Office<br />2-7-2 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku<br />Tokyo 100-8994

While almost all elements of the address are reversed when written in [[rōmaji]], connected strings of numbers are treated as units and not reversed. Firstly, the "city block and building number" is a unit, and its digits are not reversed – in this example it is "7-2" in both Japanese and roman, though the Japanese (literally ''Marunouchi 2-Chōme 7-2'') is partly reversed to "7-2, Marunouchi 2-Chōme" in roman if ''chōme'' is separate. Similarly, if the ''chōme'' is included, these also form a unit, so in this example the string is 2-7-2 in both Japanese and Western alphabet.