Vivinavi : Los Angeles : (United States) Los Angeles

• 倍金萬
• 2018/03/09 (Fri) 20:23
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Dompishari,

I was introduced to an interesting article.

Well, I can see from this that even 100-yen stores have complicated payment methods
. For us travelers, it's fine as long as we can use credit cards.

• 倍金萬
• 2018/03/10 (Sat) 10:28
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At any rate, the major companies involved in sales in Japan, including public transportation companies, have created too many self-serving electronic money methods. While the development of new technologies, such as contactless communication functions, is a good thing, certain companies try to take advantage of it to enclose consumers in their own sales and distribution systems.

A prime example of this is the Suica vending machines found on JR East platforms and in echinkas. These machines do not accept credit cards or even cash. This is a symbolic way for JR East, a privately owned company, to keep consumers in line.

Thus, credit cards, which are universally accepted for consumption in the U.S., are not always accepted in Japan. This is especially inconvenient for travelers.

There may be some objections to my opinion. If there are, please feel free to give me different opinions.

• 倍金萬
• 2018/03/11 (Sun) 13:33
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Sorry for the scrappy stuff this time, but I'd like to talk about the fares from Haneda to the airfields in the four prefectures of Shikoku.

I use ANA every year, and the ANA website I enter used to put the Japanese side directly. Therefore, I used to pay my domestic fares in yen, but as I mentioned before, since about half a year ago, it has automatically changed to the site as a US resident. Therefore, the language is still Japanese, but the fare display has been replaced by US dollars.
So the language is still Japanese, but the fares are now displayed in US dollars. Today, I checked the fares for the day I am going on this trip using a different browser, and of course, the fares were displayed in yen and were the same as the above.

My US Resident site shows a flat rate of about $105 for a one-day flight. The cheapest flight in yen might have cost me about $95. But, never mind, the yen is moving rapidly these days, and I don't know what will happen next year if I worry about a $5 or $10 difference here.

• フリーワイファイ
• 2018/03/12 (Mon) 01:10
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For some reason I can't connect to Free WiFi at the airport or anywhere else when I go back to Japan. I don't know why, but I think there is a problem with my way of doing things, because it doesn't work on several different models on several trips back home.

When I return home, I bring back a regular device that I have a contract with here, and Data is turned off so that I am not charged.

I set up my device the way I was taught by all the people before I left.

Cellular Data: Off
Cellular Data Option: Roaming Off
I leave only WiFi open

I cannot connect at Narita or Haneda airport, what is wrong? ？

• フリーワイファイ
• 2018/03/12 (Mon) 01:18
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Sorry, this is a series of posts.

My stay is never for a month but always for 2-3 weeks. It's fine when I'm at home, but I'm having trouble getting in touch with people when I'm out and meeting up with them.

I can't even connect to a place where a friend of mine told me to meet up because there is free WiFi here …. I was not able to connect even at the place where my friend told me to meet her because there was free WiFi.

It is very inconvenient. I'm not sure if it's a good idea to rent a portable WiFi, but I don't need it all the time.