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Japanese addresses: No street names. Block numbers (2009)


-06-22 I love learning something that flips my head upside down. So, let’s look at one of the coolest head-flippers I’ve found: Japanese addresses.

So, let’s look at one of the coolest head-flippers I’ve found: Japanese addresses. Imagine you’re standing in Chicago and a Japanese man asks you, “What’s the name of this block?” You shrug and continue watching the gorgeous people of Chicago.

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