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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