I know we have all heard the word prefectures 県 and we know a few of them but how many of use know the regions of Japan 地方日本国. For those of us that watch dorama ドラマ we know the kantō region 関東地方 and the kansai region 関西地方 but how many of us actually know what those regions 地方 represent and could we located them on a map 地図… Here is a map 地図 that shows the regions 地方 and the prefectures 県 in them.
I have always had things shipped to me from Japan, but just recently I had to Ship something to Japan. for those of us here in the states the format for this looks rather odd and strange.
Here is the breakdown
Western Format which is good to use every where and in Japan cause it is standard format
(both are okay)
Surname, Name / Name Surname Mr. Ryu Yoshida
Street address, Town 1-11-22, Minami-gyotoku
City, Prefecture, Postal Code Ichikawa-shi, Chiba 123-0123
Country Japan
1-11-22 is a street map breakdown cause in Asia its not always easy to navigate cause its not a grid system like in the west or most modern places.
the first number is the chome 「丁目」or block the second numbers is the banchi 「番地」 or city lot the third numbers are the go 「号」 or the house or building number.
Japanese format to be used in Japan and Asia only cause well no one at your local post can read it now can they.
Postal symbol and postal code 〒123-0123
Prefecture city and town 千葉県市川市南行徳1-11-22
surname name honorifics 流吉田様
as you can see format totally changed, and sama is used and not san (sama is polite).
1. Prefecture (県)
There are exceptions to this, though. 都 (to) for Tokyo, 道 (dō) for Hokkaidō and 府 (fu) for the two urban prefectures of Osaka and Kyoto.
2. Municipality.
Large cities use 市 (shi)
Special wards can use 区 (ku)
Smaller municipalities include the district 郡 (gun) followed by the town 町 (chō / machi) or village 村 (mura / son).
3. Location within the municipality
Many cities have wards 区 (ku)
Wards can be divided up into 町 (chō / machi) or village 村 (mura / son)
Towns may be subdivided into even smaller parts too.
4. City District: 丁目 (chōme)
Usually assigned based on the order or proximity to the center of the municipality.
5. City block: 番地 (banchi)
Also assigned based on the order or proximity to the center of the municipality.
6. House Number: 号 (gō)
Based on when the house / building was built or assigned in clockwise order around the city block.
7. Apartment number may be added if the house number refers to an apartment building.
The postal code, which is indicated by a 〒 symbol, goes on top of the address. If you see this symbol on a metal box, it’s a good bet you can put your mail in there.
Is it over with you and your Broswer. Who will be your next broswer
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Loading ...Now it seems that I can no longer put up with IE, it’s time we split. It does everything I need it to and don’t have to worry about it working flawless with my OS, cause it does. When things are over you start to think on what went wrong, why didn’t it work out, and I think it was caused by three factors. The lawsuit by the EU for antitrust, secondly A host of new browsers that does browsing so well. and thirdly IE has been stuck and now is trying to play catch up following someone else advice that just does not seem work no matter how hard they try.
I did not break up with IE cause there was a new flash browser out or because another browser was faster, or ever cause another browser is on the cover off all the magazines. I left cause IE stop trying to the point where even sites hosted by Windows/Microsoft was not working or displayed poorly… So it’s over, we have split, we were good once but now, well it’s done. It’s not me it’s you… oh wait I am suppose to say it the other way, but if I did we both know I would be lying.
Whould you eat this
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Loading ...The Wacky things we do in the name of progress…
all i can say is why would you do that.
The PlayStation 3 Has hand a good run when it first came out… It was touted to being the end all in gaming; but it never really delivered on that promised and has been plagued by Modder’s Tweakers and Hackers. They have started to strong arm the masses to stop exploiting the Very Flawed PS3 System.
Do we have a right to buy something and then change how it function is that our right as consumers or does the makers of said devices owning for ever and ever. Now there are two
side to every story; even this one. 
I would say we do as consumers and as human beings have the right to take what we own and make it fit our needs more closely. We mod cars, we mod houses, and we mod everything we get our hands on its in our DNA. But at the very other end of the spectrum if we mod something to gives us an advantage over someone else we are playing against could cause a problem or if we mod something with bad code that disrupts the backend servers that would be a big NO NO. so it’s a very fine line we live in cause we are all working together and all new devices are made for us but they don’t come close to doing what we want them to but we do have to remember we are not the only ones using these devices and our individual rights does not out weight the rights of or fellow community.
Oddly enough Microsoft for the Xbox 360 has had a better time dealing with Modder’s than Sony on the PS3. Microsoft Fought the hackers then they banded them for life and then they decide to embraced them. The 3 Stages of evolution. Modder’s are the ones coming up with fresh new ideas, new ways of doing something and changing the very nature of how we do things and think about things. This is a brave new world we live in. The same Companies fight against is the same ones they need to survive we have to make sure we understand the difference from Piracy and Innovation.
I know their a lot of J-POP what is your favorite let me know and I will try to showcase it on my website. just leave a comment and I will take the best and add them to the media section that I am revamping
I have been going to a website called R3z4prof’s Blog it has changed its domain name from
R3z4prof.co.cc —-> R3z4prof.me It has a great selection of J-POP to keep you up to date on all new to the Music scene in Japan and the rest of Asia; its great place to start.
I have been gone for a while and now I am back… Been working on lots of stuff and learning more Japanese.
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Added a Japanese drama page using Silverlight it has sub support that can be turn on and off. will be adding a music videos and commercials in the media section
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The first drama to be showcase is
日本人の知らない日本語:: Nihonjin no Shiranai Nihongo
Comedy 12 EP 
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fyi for anyone with captions error HttpWebRequest_WebException_RemoteServer: dfxp errors you need to add an .dfxp mime type application/ttaf+xml it seems this is not enable by default and that is why you are getting 404.3 errors in the w3c trace logs
I have added a mobile theme for all my mobile readers out their. Check it out it has a switcher so you can switch back and forth if you ever feel the need.
How do you like to view the web
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