Monday, August 1, 2011

When writing a letter to someone in Japan... ?

Question:


Can I write it in English and expect an English reply? Because I'm writing it to a company. And how do you send letters to Japan from the UK?

Answer:


Depends on the company. If they don't know you I could imagine it getting trashed before they paid someone to translate it, here assuming that they don't have an in-house translator.

Email has been suggested, but if you are going with post.....

Name of company
Address (123-34 Nagayoshi chome or such)
City (Osaka City
Prefecture (Osaka Pref)
Japan / Postal Code

The Japanese actually reverse the whole thing, but your letter will get there if addressed as above.

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