Address generator
Japan address generator
Built on the real addressing rules of Japan — a name, an address, a phone number, and an anonymous email you can actually use, in one go.
- Name
- 山本颯太
- Address
- 〒920-9620 石川県金沢市春日町2-30-8 Japan
- Phone
- +81 76-507-0425
- Anonymous email
- [email protected]
Generated locally in your browser. It never reaches a server — we cannot see it either.
How Japan postal codes work
Japanese postal codes run three digits, a hyphen, then four — usually prefixed with the 〒 mark (〒980-0021). The first three locate a municipality, the last four a chōme block. Combined with the banchi, the code gets you close to a specific building.
How a Japan address is written
Japanese addresses run the opposite way to Western ones: largest unit first. Postal code, prefecture, municipality, then the chōme-banchi-gō block, then the building. Only when romanised is the order reversed. A string like 1-2-3 is chōme-banchi-gō, not a house number.
In practice
Where people get it wrong
- 01
There are no street names
Most Japanese addresses do not use street names at all. They locate by block: town, chōme, banchi, gō. You navigate by block, not by numbers rising along a road.
- 02
Block numbers are not sequential along a street
Banchi were historically assigned in order of land registration, so numbers on either side of one road may be unrelated. This is why addresses in Japan are famously hard to navigate.
- 03
The prefecture is mandatory
Unlike Germany, where the state is dropped, Japanese addresses always carry the prefecture — many municipality names repeat across prefectures.
FAQ
Questions about Japan addresses
What does 1-2-3 mean in a Japanese address?
Chōme, banchi, gō in that order: block 1 of the town, lot 2 within the block, building 3 on the lot. It is not a house number and cannot be split apart.
How do I write a Japanese address on an English form?
Reverse the whole order, smallest first: 3-2-1 Honcho, Aoba-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi 980-0021, Japan. The postal code follows the prefecture, matching Western convention.
Are the generated Japanese names common ones?
Surnames come from the ten most common in Japan (Satō, Suzuki, Takahashi…) and given names from recent high-frequency baby names. The combination matches real demographics rather than reading as invented.
Should the 〒 symbol go in the form?
No. 〒 is Japan Post’s marker; forms want just the digits and hyphen (980-0021), and some strip the hyphen too.
The address is fake. Do not pair it with a real inbox.
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