How to Japanese Podcast – Episode 48 – The 1,000-yen Haircut and まとめる Posted onFebruary 11, 2024 On the podcast this month, I continued the conversation about value in Japan, specifically looking at the 1,000-yen men’s haircut, which I think is one of the worst values in Japa...
In this next section, you’ll learn how to use your phone in Japan. Before going to Japan, be sure to contact your carrier to check if your phone is unlocked. If it’s locked, ask the carrier if it’s possible to unlock it. This may or may not be possible depending on the exact...
It’s starting to become more apparent that this is Bubble Era Japan. Obviously, the whole book is premised on this fact. Murakami, a mid-tier writer with a small but dedicated readership, could afford to close up shop in Japan, giving up many if not all of his regular writing gigs ...
Luckily, things these days aren't as tough as they used to be for foreigners in Japan in terms of creating official anything, but most of the forms you'll be needing are still exclusively in Japanese. What's more, most banks require you to have a personal phone number to open an accou...
Japan, much like the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has many long weekends programmed into its calendar, allowing stress to subside and giving everyone a chance to do traveling, relaxing, or additional boozing that they otherwise wouldn’t be able to do. This upcoming Monday is Culture Da...
81- Country Code for Japan Phone Number(remove initial 0): fixed - 9 digits, including area code cell phones, VoIP and other non geographic lines - 10 digits example call from the United States or from Canada to a landline in Tokyo:011 81 3 ??? ??? Cell...
If you’removing to Tokyooranother part of Japan, you’ll want to get a Japanese mobile phone number set up as soon as possible—preferably before you arrive, for maximum ease of adulting here. You’ll need a Japanese phone number toset up a bank account, sign a lease and sort out ma...
Japan Airlines Destinations Japan Airlines flies to Delhi, Mumbai, Chiang Rai, Chiang Mai, Phuket, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Singapore, Jakarta, Manila, Ho Chi Minh City, Beijing, Tokyo, Osaka, Shanghai, Cairns, Honolulu, San Francisco, Vancouver, New York, Minneapolis, Montreal, Ottawa,...
When written in kanji (characters adapted from Chinese characters), numbers can be read in multiple ways. The Japanese use it to make it easier to remember a set of numbers like a phone number. You’d be amused to see how widely ‘number puns’ are used in Japan. By learning how to ...
Tips for Finding Your Way in Japan If you get lost, don’t panic! Inputting the address into Google Maps is a reliable option, but if your phone is dead or without signal, you can check signs around you to see if you’re in the correct district. If you’ve just arrived at a trai...