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[prillalar]

So, if one were, say, adding a school to the LJ Schools Directory and this school happened to be in Tokyo, what would one fill in for "State/Province"? One has been trying to figure this out by googling, but is not having much luck figuring it out, due to the special status of Tokyo.

And how about Macdonald Hall and Scrimmages? I know they're close enough to Toronto to go there on school trips, but I can't find the name of the town/city they're actually in. Anyone recall?

Real content of some sort to come later on today, once I finish my chores and have time to write some.

Comments

[miko-no-da.livejournal.com]

I always thought they were in Toronto... or maybe one of the GTA suburbs like Brampton or Mississauga. You're probably safe just listing Toronto... *giggles*

As for the Tokyo school, I have no idea. International addresses are always complicated, Tokyo more so than most.

[prillalar]

Maybe they are in Toronto. Hrm. I did flip through Go Jump in the Pool, since they do a lot of travelling around there, but no joy.

[miko-no-da.livejournal.com]

I think maybe he left it intentionally vague. ^_^ Try um... crap, can't remember what it was called. The one where the movie was being filmed at the school? I don't own that one.

[prillalar]

Macdonald Hall Goes Hollywood! <-- the ! is in the title

I had it on the shelf, so I started reading it this afternoon. So far, no name, but they do talk about Jordie Jones (the movie star) being driven from the Hall into Toronto.

And the movie that they're filming, Academy Blues, has the plot of I Want To Go Home. I don't think I twigged to that the first time I read it.

I think I'm officially corrupted beyond redemption because I keep imagining Jordie and Boots in a panoply of BL manga scenarios.

[partly-bouncy.livejournal.com]

Just look at how people already added them... and follow the lead. Though meh, I added a school I worked at in a country and they screwed the name of the school up making the name the city and the city the region which isn't quite right...

[prillalar]

The thing is that I don't know what's appropriate for Tokyo. There's only one Tokyo school listed and it gives the state/province as "Tkyo" which doesn't really look right to me. There's only one other Japanese school listed and it doesn't have the state/prov line filled in.

Also, Tokyo is different from other Japanese cities -- it's officially a metropolis and its own prefecture. I don't have a good grasp on the prefectural system. So, would you put Tokyo and Tokyo? It's in the Kantou region, but again, I don't know if the regions are used in that way.

Anyhow, I don't know what would be correct in this case. Hence my question.

[partly-bouncy.livejournal.com]

*twitches* That's yeah. I had similar issues with Slovakia. Bratislava isn't really a providence as I understand it and there are distinct districts in the city that are sort of well, putting Bratislava for the city would have been right... and Dubrvka as the city would have been okay... but when LJ added it, they took the name of the school and made it Bratislava, Bratislava. :(

So ummm... Yeah. Best of luck and hopefully LJ doesn't screw it up.

[meemobunny.livejournal.com]

hmm, i was always under the impression that macdonald hall was located around the outskirts of toronto, somewhere in the suburbs (or maybe even in the more rural area?).

[prillalar]

Yeah, maybe Toronto would do. They're not exactly in Toronto proper, since they always talk about going *to* Toronto, but it's probably close enough for government work.

Tokyo addresses

[lilacsigil.livejournal.com]

Maybe you could put in the ward (Shibuya, Kichijoji etc.) as the city and Tokyo as the province?
A Tokyo address would have to have the ward listed to be delivered.

[bookshop.livejournal.com]

I submitted Seigaku yesterday (or tried to!), and I think I just left the province unspecified. *shrug*

[zenkatsuo.livejournal.com]

Japanese addresses are screwy. I'd suggest simply Tokyo as both the prefecture and city, or Tokyo as the prefecture and the ward as the city, as someone already suggested.

The Tokyo, Tokyo approach seems more sensible since a lot of people don't know the the wards and their locations that well anyway, and the people who do can find it somewhere else.

[prillalar]

Cool, thanks for the info. :)

[zenkatsuo.livejournal.com]

You're welcome, except, what info..? :)

[prillalar]

Well, suggestion, maybe? *g*

[brand-new-chaos.livejournal.com]

TOKYO addresses are usually written in the following order: 7-DIGIT CODE >> TOKYO-TO (東京都) >> WARD/CITY (XXX市/区) >> SECTION (XXX丁目) >> BLOCK >> HOUSE NUMBER. if you 're trying to add a school to the list, i guess following TOKYO >> WARD/CITY >> SCHOOL would be the way to go :D

[prillalar]

Thanks!