Originally Posted by
jib71
Nonsense. Every chome is very distinctive.
They say "Be it ever so humble, there's no place like chome"
As a Japanese native speaker, I don't feel "chome" and "home" rhyme completely.
If you say, 3 chome (like c+home), most cops in Japan don't understand.
"Chome" can be heard in a Japanese classic comic song in 1976.
Singer: Shimura Ken.
Title： "Higashimurayama ondo" or "東村山音頭"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZhQbRySDYA
Higashimurayama Yon (4) chome
Higashimurayama San (3) chome
Higashimurayama (1) Icchome
Almost all the Japanese people aged in their 40s and 50s know this song.
In 2001, the singer Shimura was invited to Kohaku, which is discussed here many times, as a guest to sing the song.