Japan Maps – Address Search, Place Lookup, Zip Search in English
Posted by senthilsweb on October 7, 2007
Travel and address lookup are tedious for foreigners living in Japan because everything in Japanese Scripts [Kanji & kanas]. In Japan they have everything from address look up – driving directions like in America and Europe but not in English. Recently I found a private website http://diddlefinger.com/ offers the following services on top of Google Maps in english labels.
- English Address Search: Map most addresses in Japan using English.
- Place Lookup: Look-up many geographical locations in Japan.
- Zip/Postcode Search: Type in a yubinbango (Zip/Postcode) and you will be taken to the area it relates to. Enter the first 3 digits to go to the approximate area.
- JP Address: Look-up a Japanese address using standard kanji address entry.
- Plot Link: Copy and paste a “Google maps” e-mail link here to plot that location on diddlefinger.
- Sync: Synchronize the map and the web-page. [Useful if you pan/zoom a long way from your starting point and want to make a bookmark. ]
- Link to page: Get a link you can e-mail/IM of the current map location and any “green arrow” markers.
- E-mail: Make a link to current page, and any green markers, in your mail client.
I thought I can share this with others who visits /google my blog. I strongly recommend aliens living in Japan to bookmark this link.
