gaijintraveller said...

gaijintraveller at 07:21 PM JST - 17th August

Isn't this article missing something? It has a large aperture, but there is no mention of how large. It has an enhanced shutter speed, but it does this means. The GRll has a maximum shutter speed of 1/2000 sec, and the GRlll has, surprise, surprise, a maximum shutter speed of…

Posted in Digital camera GR Digital III at 07:21 PM JST - 17th August
gaijintraveller at 08:19 AM JST - 13th August

I have a feeling a Thai word that sounds like "kawai" means something completely different. In fact I seem to remember a Thai being amused by that word meaning pretty as to a Thai it meant ugly.

If anyone who know the Thai language reads this, could they please either…

Posted in Ambassador of cute at 08:19 AM JST - 13th August
gaijintraveller at 08:22 AM JST - 10th August

These days we see many security guards at stations and warnings of high alert. Is the point in this if people are allowed to take explosives, which is what fireworks are, onto trains?

Posted in Student accidentally sets off fireworks on train at 08:22 AM JST - 10th August
gaijintraveller at 09:54 AM JST - 9th August

Air Asia and Tiger, please extend your service to Japan.

Posted in Budget airlines thrive amid gloom at 09:54 AM JST - 9th August
gaijintraveller at 11:29 PM JST - 8th August

Did Mr Aso go to this event?

Posted in Memorial held for wartime Chinese forced laborers who died in Japan at 11:29 PM JST - 8th August
gaijintraveller at 08:13 AM JST - 7th August

When I changed my mobile in Japan, I was offered phones that worked overseas.

"Where do you put the SIM card?" I asked. "What is a SIM card?" was the reply.

I have a phone I use overseas. I purchased a used one. When I go to a foreign country,…

Posted in Want cell service abroad? Try a cheap local phone at 08:13 AM JST - 7th August
gaijintraveller at 08:44 AM JST - 6th August

Maybe the kanji for fish names are different in North America, too. Many overseas sushi shops are run by Chinese or Koreans, not Japanese, which could explain this.

Posted in Sustainable Sushi at 08:44 AM JST - 6th August
gaijintraveller at 08:16 PM JST - 5th August

August 12th Katsuura fireworks.

Posted in Katsuura: Sun and surf without crowds in eastern Chiba at 08:16 PM JST - 5th August
gaijintraveller at 06:10 AM JST - 5th August

It seems it is definitely safer than alcohol, which is a cause of one in 25 deaths worldwide and one in seven in the former Soviet Union countries.

Death can occur after taking ecstasy as a result of dehydration, not, as someone wrote, over-hydration.

Posted in Actor Oshio arrested for drug use after woman found dead in apartment at 06:10 AM JST - 5th August
gaijintraveller at 05:51 AM JST - 5th August

Follow routes 409 and 297. These directions are not so clear. Which way do you go when you come to a crossroads where route 409 crosses route 409?

Chiba has an extremely confusing road system.

Posted in Katsuura: Sun and surf without crowds in eastern Chiba at 05:51 AM JST - 5th August