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Originally Posted by Xlll
What's wards? Do you mean like small cities all in once place (i.e. Tokyo)?
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It has to do with the way Japanese addresses work.
Think of prefectures as states.
The Japanese address goes from largest area, and gradually zooms in to a specific house.
You start with the prefecture. Then (in the case of a large city) the city. Next is the ward - a chunk of the city. Then the neighborhood name. Then the block number. Then the house number.
Addresses don`t use street names (in fact most streets in Japan don`t have a name at all), so the division of areas is important.