How do you say "I don't know the address." in Japanese?

Name: The Ambulance Asks Where You Are. The Answer Is on the Vending Machine.
Uploaded: 2026-09-06T06:20:56Z
Duration: 17 s
Description: Learn to say 住所がわかりません。 (jūsho ga wakarimasen.) — I don't know the address.. A 30-second Japanese lesson for travelers from Kōfuku.

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The Ambulance Asks Where You Are. The Answer Is on the Vending Machine.

To say I don't know the address. in Japanese, say 住所がわかりません。 (jūsho ga wakarimasen.).

You've called an ambulance and they ask where you are. You've got no idea. The answer is printed on the vending machine next to you.

住所がわかりません。 jūsho ga wakarimasen. I don't know the address.

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In this video

住所がわかりません。 jūsho ga wakarimasen. I don't know the address.
住所がわかりません。近くに自動販売機があります。 jūsho ga wakarimasen. chikaku ni jidōhanbaiki ga arimasu. I don't know the address. There's a vending machine nearby.

Why this phrase

You're on a backstreet, your map app says something useless, and the dispatcher needs an address. Japan quietly built the answer into its street furniture: a lot of vending machines carry an address sticker, and utility poles carry address plates, put there partly for this exact call. Reveal the system first, then the one phrase that buys you time.