Japanese addressing system - part 2

Japanese addresses begin with the largest division of the country, the prefecture.    refer to part 2 - (a)

Following the prefecture is the municipality.  refer to part 2 - (a)

The next element of the address is the location within the municipality.

The final three elements of the address in Jūkyo hyōji (住居表示) style are the city district (chōme 丁目), the city block (ban 番) and finally the house number (gō 号).
The final three elements of the address in Chiban (地番) style are the city district (chōme 丁目), the land number (banchi 番地) and finally the land number extension.  refer to part 2 - (b)

In urban apartment buildings it is not unusual to add the apartment number as a fourth element. This three-element system is relatively new introduction, and is not completed in some areas such as older area of the cities or sparsely populated rural areas, where only the banchi is written after machi or aza.  refer to part 2 - (a)