A fake Japanese address generator produces correctly formatted addresses for Japan in both kanji and romaji, following the local largest-to-smallest ordering and the chōme-banchi-gō numbering scheme. It is meant for developers and testers exercising Japanese e-commerce platforms and address-validation forms that must handle both scripts.
How it works
The generator keeps script, region, and numbering consistent:
- An area is chosen, bundling a prefecture, city, and ward in both kanji and romaji, plus the three-digit postal prefix for that region.
- A postal code is built in
〒NNN-NNNNformat, with the first three digits taken from the chosen region and the last four randomized. - The chōme-banchi-gō block is generated as three numbers and rendered with the kanji units
丁目,番, and号in kanji mode, or as a dashedN-N-Nin romaji mode. - The kanji form lists postal, prefecture, city, ward, and block top-to-bottom; the romaji form reverses the order, ending with the prefecture, postal code, and Japan.
Tips and notes
- Use the both format to test a form that captures kanji and romaji side by side.
- The first three postal digits are region-correct, satisfying common prefecture-and-region checks; the full code is not tied to a specific building.
- Generate a batch for seeding databases or import tests; everything runs locally with no network access.