Re: Japan Postal System - Addressing
Michael Cash wrote:
> I have sent several letters and mailed dozens upon dozens of parcels
> to Japan from the US, with the address done completely in Japanese
> (kanji, etc) with only the word "Japan" written in roman letters. The
> people at the local post office protested that it couldn't be handled.
> I pointed out that all they had to do was get it on the right boat and
> the folks in Japan would handle the rest. Everything arrived fine.
Similar experiences - I sent a bunch of postcards and aerogrammes (do
they still exist?) to Japan in the early 90's during a 4 month long
bicycle trip with only the "Japan" part of the address written in
Romaji. I can't recall the staff of the various post offices scattered
across Austria even raising an eyebrow. According to my diary, the only
comment I remembered was from a post office agent in the desert
(township of maybe 20 people), and his question was "Are you Japanese?".
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that sinful Old Janx Spirit"
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