Re:No addresses in Japan. (Score 1)

Exactly! As someone who has had to navigate the roads of Japan for the past 5 years, I agree completely. Driving directions in Japan are given almost exclusively with landmarks and visual cues. "Head straight until you get to 'Fujii Clinic' and turn left." or maybe "Turn right at the overhead pedestrian bridge." These instructions can not only be infuriating to someone who has grown up using street names and cardinal directions, but ineffective for Japanese natives as well, especially when visiting an unfamiliar area. In the end, Streetview is just another tool in the modern toolbox available to modern man... and while it may make snooping around peoples' homes a little easier, I think the beneficial uses FAR outweigh the drawbacks. (especially for the Japanese!)