Editing Japanese addressing system (section)

===''Jikkan'' instead of numbered ''chōme''===
Some cities, including parts of [[Nagaoka, Niigata]], use [[celestial stems|''jikkan'']] (甲・乙・丙 ... ) prefixed to the block number to indicate traditional divisions.  These function similarly to ''chōme'' and are treated as such in addresses.  For example, [[Yoita, Niigata|Yoita]] police station in Nagaoka has the address:<ref>{{cite web|title=新潟県警察ホームページ - 警察本部・警察署のご案内【県内の警察署：与板警察署】|trans-title=Home > Guide to the headquarters and police stations > local police stations in our prefecture > Yoita police station|url=http://www.police.pref.niigata.jp/station/yoita/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121219184052/http://www.police.pref.niigata.jp/station/yoita/|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 19, 2012|access-date=2017-05-27|website=Police.pref.niigata.jp|publisher=新潟県警察 Nigata Prefecture Police|language=ja}}</ref>

:〒940-2402<br/>{{Lang|ja|新潟県長岡市与板町与板乙5881-3}}
:''Yoita-otsu 5881-3, Yoita-machi, Nagaoka-shi, Niigata-ken 940-2402''