Japanese Real Estate Glossary
Addresses & Finding Land

丁目

chōmeちょうめ

City district block

A numbered subdivision of an urban town name — for example Minami-Azabu 3-chōme. In a jūkyo hyōji address the pattern is chōme–ban–gō (district–block–building number). The registry's lot numbers for the same area follow their own, separate numbering.

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