Why Most Tokyo Streets Have No Names—and How the Address System Works
Why do most Tokyo addresses omit street names? Learn how chome, ban and go work, how they differ from land lot numbers, and how to find a building on foot.
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Tokyo’s Hidden Temple Town: A Self-Guided Historical Walk through Umezato
Trace relocated temples, old village institutions, scholars and graves to see how modern Tokyo reshaped suburban Suginami.
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Walking Tokyo’s Lost Momozono River: A Self-Guided Koenji History Walk
Follow a buried river, village shrines, old roads and relocated temples beneath Koenji’s modern streets.