Interface Address

The name of the building, in case the postal code is designated to a building, or its each floor.

This is a synthetic value; that means it resulted from our original interpretation of the town_raw data, and the corresponding value might well not be present in the original KEN_ALL data provided by Japan Post.

Examples:

• "オフィスタワーＸ"

The name of the city. The county name may precede it, or the name of the ward would follow it in case the city has ordinance-designated wards.

Examples:

• "港区"
• "大阪市北区"
• "各務原市"
• "秩父郡長瀞町"

The reading of the name of the city in katakana.

Examples:

• "ミナトク"
• "オオサカシキタク"
• "カカミガハラシ"
• "チチブグンナガトロマチ"

If the postal code is designated to an organization, or a division of such, this property stores the Corporation object that describes it.

The floor of the building.

This is a synthetic value; that means it resulted from our original interpretation of the town_raw data, and the corresponding value might well not be present in the original KEN_ALL data provided by Japan Post.

Examples:

• "１階"

The 5 digit Japanese municipality code (全国地方公共団体コード) for the administrative division where the place this object represents belongs.

The name of the (non-administrative) sub-area of the town.

This is a synthetic value; that means it resulted from our original interpretation of the town_raw data, and the corresponding value might well not be present in the original KEN_ALL data provided by Japan Post.

Examples:

• "第２地割"
• "１丁目"

The instructional phrase (通り名 in Japanese) very specific to Kyoto city, which helps one to locate the place out of the area of the town.

This is a synthetic value; that means it resulted from our original interpretation of the town_raw data, and the corresponding value might well not be present in the original KEN_ALL data provided by Japan Post.

Examples:

• "先斗町通蛸薬師上る"
• "大宮通寺之内半丁下る東入"

The "old" postal code that was used before February 2, 1998.

The postal code for the place this object represents.

The name of the prefecture in Kanji.

Example: "東京都"

The reading of the name of the prefecture in katakana.

Example: "トウキョウト"

The name of the area that usually corresponds to lowest part of the administrative division levels ("town").

This is a synthetic value; that means it resulted from our original interpretation of the town_raw data, and the corresponding value might well not be present in the original KEN_ALL data provided by Japan Post.

Examples:

• "箱石"
• "晴海"
• "西北小路町"

For the detail of the meaning of this property, See the API documentation. The value has no use; we recommend not referring to this.

For the detail of the meaning of this property, See the API documentation. The value has no use; we recommend not referring to this.

The reading of the name of the town.

This is a synthetic value; that means it resulted from our original interpretation of the town_raw data, and the corresponding value might well not be present in the original KEN_ALL data provided by Japan Post.

Examples:

• "ハコイシ"
• "ハルミ"
• "ニシキタコウジチョウ"

The reading of the unprocessed value(s) of the name of the area.

Examples:

• "イワテケンミヤコシハコイシ(ダイ2チワリ<70-136>-ダイ4チワリ<3-11>)"
• "ニシキタコウジチョウ"
• "トウキョウトチユウオウクハルミ　オフイスタワーX　1カイ"

For the detail of the meaning of this property, See the API documentation. The value has no use; we recommend not referring to this.

For the detail of the meaning of this property, See the API documentation. The value has no use; we recommend not referring to this.

The unprocessed value(s) of the name of the area. It may consist of multiple (non-administrative) sub-areas.

Note that they don't always represent the actual name of the area, in case they are expediently designated by Japan Post.

Examples:

• "岩手県宮古市箱石（第２地割「７０〜１３６」〜第４地割「３〜１１」）"
• "西北小路町（猪熊通上立売上る、猪熊通寺之内下る、大宮通寺之内下る東入、大宮通寺之内半丁下る東入、大宮通寺之内下る東入１丁目、寺之内通大宮東入下る、寺之内通大宮東入１丁目下る）"
• "晴海　オフィスタワーＸ　１階"