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Originally Posted by Nyororin
The Japanese system is a good one - in practice it could use a lot of cleaning up, but the system itself of increasingly smaller areas is quite efficient in getting you into the right area.
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If it's so good then why would couriers who are very familiar with the area they deliver to constantly need assistance in finding places? Sure they can get to the right part of town but in a block of say 50 or so houses it can be quite time consuming finding the correct house even with a map of of all the lot numbers.
I understand that in say the US or Australia if you do not have a street directory map with you then a street name in some suburb is useless and gives no indication of where it is. Again though I never attempt to drive or go anywhere without a map. At the very least I'll print a map off the net. Here I always buy an updated Mapple for Hokkaido and Sapporo every year. My wife is rather incredible at reading street maps.
Still if trying to find a friends house from an address it is nearly impossible to pinpoint the exact house unless the friends have given a description of which house is theirs. In Aus I could easily look up a street name, drive to that street and look for the number on the letterbox or front door to pinpoint the exact house. The maps there also show you which numbers can be found in which area along a street making it easy to know which part of the street to look.
If you're only happy with finding the general area or block a place is located then the Japanese system is fine. But if you're wanting to specifically find a particular house or building without having to ask directions then a street name and number with a decent map is much easier.
But I've yet to see you ever admit that anything the Japanese do is not as good or better than the way it's done in the west Nyororin so I doubt you'll agree with me.
