My friend is living in Japan, and her street address has the word "Gion 5-17-8" in it. I have looked in every Japanese dictionary for that character, and I can't find it.
I can type her address in Japanese because I have the Japanese IME in MS Word. I put her name in English and enclosed her name in Japanese in parentheses on the same line.
You see, once the letter reaches Japan, her post office will reject the letter and return it to sender if the addressee's mailing address in NOT in Japanese. For some apparent reason, the post office in her town cannot read in English.
What is the character(s) for "Gion"?
2006-12-18 05:11:23 · 5 answers · asked by Darryl 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Gion = 祇園.
2006-12-18 05:27:45 · answer #1 · answered by Belie 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I can say an English address definitely works in Japan.
By the way, the above person is right if you mean Gion in Kyoto city.
2006-12-18 12:04:38 · answer #2 · answered by Black Dog 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yeah just write the address in Romaji (just write "Gion" in English - should be no problem whatsoever.
Ive done it hundreds of times, within, and out side of Japan.
2006-12-20 16:19:28 · answer #3 · answered by twikfat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ruthie Baby is Correct! Courier New is a monospace font meaning all of the characters occupy the same widith. Letter spacing is font-specific, rather than software dependent. Even if you edit Font > Spacing, it will still be variably spaced because the letters themselves are different widths. However, the more spread-out the letters are, the less noticeable variation in actual character width will appear to the eye. If there is a particular effect or result your are attempting to achieve -- there may be other ways to do it, than a monospace font.
2016-05-23 04:38:06 · answer #4 · answered by Diane 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thats NOT true. My ex lives in Fukuoka, and I write everything in english and she gets my mail
2006-12-18 05:14:35 · answer #5 · answered by Sean 5 · 4⤊ 2⤋