diff --git a/OpenKh.Kh2/Places.cs b/OpenKh.Kh2/Places.cs
index 6308fa0a7..dce5b99d6 100644
--- a/OpenKh.Kh2/Places.cs
+++ b/OpenKh.Kh2/Places.cs
@@ -7,11 +7,17 @@ namespace OpenKh.Kh2
 {
     public class Place
     {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Refers to sys.bar
+        /// </summary>
         public ushort MessageId { get; set; }
 
-        public List<ushort> SubPlaces { get; set; }
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Place name to be decoded as Shift-JIS.
+        /// </summary>
+        public byte[] Name { get; set; }
 
-        private static IEnumerable<ushort> ReadPlaceSubEntries(Stream stream)
+        private static IEnumerable<byte> ReadPlaceSubEntries(Stream stream)
         {
             while (true)
             {
@@ -19,7 +25,7 @@ private static IEnumerable<ushort> ReadPlaceSubEntries(Stream stream)
                 if (ch <= 0)
                     yield break;
 
-                yield return (ushort)(ch | (stream.ReadByte() << 8));
+                yield return (byte)ch;
             }
         }
 
@@ -41,22 +47,22 @@ private static IEnumerable<Place> ReadPlaceEntry(Stream stream)
 
             for (var i = 0; i < placeCount - 1; i++)
             {
-                var hasSubPlaces = offsetIds[i] != offsetIds[i + 1];
-                var subPlaces = hasSubPlaces ?
-                    ReadPlaceSubEntries(stream.SetPosition(offsetIds[i])).ToList() :
-                    new List<ushort>();
+                var hasName = offsetIds[i] != offsetIds[i + 1];
+                var name = hasName ?
+                    ReadPlaceSubEntries(stream.SetPosition(offsetIds[i])).ToArray() :
+                    new byte[0];
 
                 yield return new Place
                 {
                     MessageId = placeIds[i],
-                    SubPlaces = subPlaces
+                    Name = name
                 };
             }
 
             yield return new Place
             {
                 MessageId = placeIds[placeCount - 1],
-                SubPlaces = ReadPlaceSubEntries(stream.SetPosition(offsetIds[placeCount - 1])).ToList()
+                Name = ReadPlaceSubEntries(stream.SetPosition(offsetIds[placeCount - 1])).ToArray()
             };
         }
 
@@ -69,17 +75,15 @@ private static void Write(Stream stream, List<Place> places)
                 stream.Write((ushort)endOfFile);
 
                 endOfFile -= 4;
-                if (place.SubPlaces.Count > 0)
-                    endOfFile += place.SubPlaces.Count * 2 + 1;
+                if (place.Name.Length > 0)
+                    endOfFile += place.Name.Length + 1;
             }
 
             foreach (var place in places)
             {
-                // If no subplaces are found, then it's a place.bin and not a 00place.bin
-                if (place.SubPlaces.Count > 0)
+                if (place.Name.Length > 0)
                 {
-                    foreach (var subplace in place.SubPlaces)
-                        stream.Write(subplace);
+                    stream.Write(place.Name);
                     stream.Write((byte)0);
                 }
             }
diff --git a/OpenKh.Tests/kh2/PlaceTests.cs b/OpenKh.Tests/kh2/PlaceTests.cs
index cc3315b8c..698e1cefd 100644
--- a/OpenKh.Tests/kh2/PlaceTests.cs
+++ b/OpenKh.Tests/kh2/PlaceTests.cs
@@ -38,15 +38,12 @@ public void HasWorldTheRightAmountOfPlaces(string fileName) => Common.FileOpenRe
         });
 
         [Fact]
-        public void ReadSubPlaces() => Common.FileOpenRead(OldPlaceFileName, stream =>
+        public void ReadPlaceName() => Common.FileOpenRead(OldPlaceFileName, stream =>
         {
             var places = Place.Read(stream)["bb"];
-            Assert.Equal(9, places[0].SubPlaces.Count);
-            Assert.Equal(0x4783, places[0].SubPlaces[0]);
-            Assert.Equal(0x8B83, places[0].SubPlaces[8]);
-
-            Assert.Single(places[15].SubPlaces);
-            Assert.Equal(0xB48B, places[15].SubPlaces[0]);
+            Assert.Equal(18, places[0].Name.Length);
+            Assert.Equal(0x83, places[0].Name[0]);
+            Assert.Equal(0x8B, places[0].Name[17]);
         });
 
         [Theory]
@@ -59,10 +56,6 @@ public void WriteBackTheSameFile(string fileName) => Common.FileOpenRead(fileNam
                 var outStream = new MemoryStream();
                 Place.Write(outStream, Place.Read(inStream));
 
-                outStream.Position = 0;
-                using var tmp = File.Create("D:/place.bin");
-                outStream.CopyTo(tmp);
-
                 return outStream;
             });
         });
diff --git a/OpenKh.Tools.Kh2PlaceEditor/ViewModels/PlaceViewModel.cs b/OpenKh.Tools.Kh2PlaceEditor/ViewModels/PlaceViewModel.cs
index 653380991..6ca0f89c1 100644
--- a/OpenKh.Tools.Kh2PlaceEditor/ViewModels/PlaceViewModel.cs
+++ b/OpenKh.Tools.Kh2PlaceEditor/ViewModels/PlaceViewModel.cs
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 using OpenKh.Engine;
 using OpenKh.Kh2;
+using System.Text;
 using Xe.Tools;
 
 namespace OpenKh.Tools.Kh2PlaceEditor.ViewModels
 {
     public class PlaceViewModel : BaseNotifyPropertyChanged
     {
+        private const int ShiftJisCodepage = 932;
+        private readonly Encoding Encoding = Encoding.GetEncoding(ShiftJisCodepage);
+
         private readonly IMessageProvider _messageProvider;
         private readonly int _index;
 
@@ -22,6 +26,8 @@ public PlaceViewModel(IMessageProvider messageProvider,
 
         public Place Place { get; }
 
+        public string Map => $"{World}{_index:D02}";
+        
         public short MessageId
         {
             get => (short)(Place.MessageId & 0x7fff);
@@ -29,12 +35,22 @@ public short MessageId
             {
                 Place.MessageId = (ushort)(value | 0x8000);
                 OnPropertyChanged(nameof(Name));
+                OnPropertyChanged(nameof(Message));
             }
         }
+        
+        public string Name
+        {
+            get => Encoding.GetString(Place.Name);
+            set => Place.Name = Encoding.GetBytes(value);
+        }
 
-        public string Name =>
-            $"{World}{_index:D02} | {MessageId:D5} | {_messageProvider.GetMessage(Place.MessageId)}";
+        public string Message => _messageProvider.GetMessage(Place.MessageId);
 
-        public void RefreshMessages() => OnPropertyChanged(nameof(Name));
+        public void RefreshMessages()
+        {
+            OnPropertyChanged(nameof(Name));
+            OnPropertyChanged(nameof(Message));
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/OpenKh.Tools.Kh2PlaceEditor/Views/PlaceEditorWindow.xaml b/OpenKh.Tools.Kh2PlaceEditor/Views/PlaceEditorWindow.xaml
index 4f09a36b6..ed397aaed 100644
--- a/OpenKh.Tools.Kh2PlaceEditor/Views/PlaceEditorWindow.xaml
+++ b/OpenKh.Tools.Kh2PlaceEditor/Views/PlaceEditorWindow.xaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
         xmlns:local="clr-namespace:OpenKh.Tools.Kh2PlaceEditor.Views"
         xmlns:converters="clr-namespace:OpenKh.Tools.Kh2PlaceEditor.Converters"
         mc:Ignorable="d"
-        Title="{Binding Title}" Height="570" Width="800">
+        Title="{Binding Title}" Height="500" Width="800">
     <Window.Resources>
         <converters:EnumMatchToBooleanConverter x:Key="enumConverter" />
     </Window.Resources>
diff --git a/OpenKh.Tools.Kh2PlaceEditor/Views/PlacesView.xaml b/OpenKh.Tools.Kh2PlaceEditor/Views/PlacesView.xaml
index b8a1ecead..819debd4a 100644
--- a/OpenKh.Tools.Kh2PlaceEditor/Views/PlacesView.xaml
+++ b/OpenKh.Tools.Kh2PlaceEditor/Views/PlacesView.xaml
@@ -6,31 +6,16 @@
              xmlns:local="clr-namespace:OpenKh.Tools.Kh2PlaceEditor.Views"
              mc:Ignorable="d" 
              d:DesignHeight="350" d:DesignWidth="400">
-    <Grid>
-        <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
-            <ColumnDefinition Width="1*"/>
-            <ColumnDefinition Width="5"/>
-            <ColumnDefinition Width="2*"/>
-        </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
-
-        <ListBox
-            Grid.Column="0"
-            ItemsSource="{Binding Items}"
-            DisplayMemberPath="Name"/>
-
-        <StackPanel Grid.Column="2">
-            <TextBlock Text="Map name"/>
-            <Grid Margin="0 0 0 5">
-                <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
-                    <ColumnDefinition Width="80"/>
-                    <ColumnDefinition Width="3"/>
-                    <ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
-                </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
-
-                <TextBlock Grid.Column="0" Text="{Binding MessageId}"/>
-                <TextBlock Grid.Column="2" Text="{Binding Name}"/>
-            </Grid>
-        </StackPanel>
-        
-    </Grid>
+    <DataGrid ItemsSource="{Binding Items.Items}" AutoGenerateColumns="False">
+        <DataGrid.Columns>
+            <DataGridTextColumn Header="Map" Width="Auto"
+                Binding="{Binding Map, Mode=OneWay}" IsReadOnly="True"/>
+            <DataGridTextColumn Header="Msg ID" Width="Auto"
+                Binding="{Binding MessageId}"/>
+            <DataGridTextColumn Header="Name" Width="*"
+                Binding="{Binding Name, Mode=TwoWay}"/>
+            <DataGridTextColumn Header="Message name" Width="*"
+                Binding="{Binding Message, Mode=OneWay}" IsReadOnly="True"/>
+        </DataGrid.Columns>
+    </DataGrid>
 </UserControl>
diff --git a/OpenKh.Tools.Kh2PlaceEditor/Views/PlacesView.xaml.cs b/OpenKh.Tools.Kh2PlaceEditor/Views/PlacesView.xaml.cs
index 20f012d95..ac7157622 100644
--- a/OpenKh.Tools.Kh2PlaceEditor/Views/PlacesView.xaml.cs
+++ b/OpenKh.Tools.Kh2PlaceEditor/Views/PlacesView.xaml.cs
@@ -1,17 +1,4 @@
-using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Linq;
-using System.Text;
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using System.Windows;
-using System.Windows.Controls;
-using System.Windows.Data;
-using System.Windows.Documents;
-using System.Windows.Input;
-using System.Windows.Media;
-using System.Windows.Media.Imaging;
-using System.Windows.Navigation;
-using System.Windows.Shapes;
+using System.Windows.Controls;
 
 namespace OpenKh.Tools.Kh2PlaceEditor.Views
 {