Japanese Real Estate Glossary
Addresses & Finding Land

番地

banchiばんち

Lot-based address number

The number element of a traditional, lot-derived address. In areas that never adopted jūkyo hyōji, the banchi in the address is the lot number itself — which makes registry lookups straightforward. In converted areas the two systems diverged and must be cross-referenced.

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