gaijintraveller said...

gaijintraveller at 09:13 AM JST - 2nd February

Tonino, the pizza restaurant that can be seen as train pulls in to Shimo-Takaido, is one of, if not the, best pizza restaurants in Japan. It is the best I have been to anyway.

Posted in Tram tours backstreets of Setagaya at 09:13 AM JST - 2nd February
gaijintraveller at 10:58 AM JST - 31st January

LFRagain, I just checked http://panasonic.jp/support/dsc/faq/info/index.html

That also seems to be only in Japanese. Most helpful.

Posted in New Panasonic cameras come with facial recognition feature at 10:58 AM JST - 31st January
gaijintraveller at 10:53 AM JST - 31st January

LFRAgain, thank you for that piece of information. Obviously, Panasonic has angered a lot of people, not just me. One of my complaints before was that everything I found on the web in English including what I found on www.dpreview.com, a popular review site, and Panasonic's own downloadable manual said…

Posted in New Panasonic cameras come with facial recognition feature at 10:53 AM JST - 31st January
gaijintraveller at 04:12 PM JST - 29th January

Some airlines no longer charge the fuel surcharge. We are waiting for them to fly to Japan.

Copied from AirAsia's site. 3.
When does "No Fuel Surcharge" come into effect? A: "No Fuel Surcharge" is applicable to AirAsia and AirAsia X seats purchased from 11 November 2008 onwards.

Posted in British Airways, VisitBritain campaign offers Y35,000 return fare from Tokyo to London at 04:12 PM JST - 29th January
gaijintraveller at 03:56 PM JST - 29th January

Philmoskovitz, I am Japanese speaking. I just don't read kanji. Panasonic cameras sold in other countries have English menus. It is only in this country that they don't. Actually, I bought the camera as a present for someone who speaks no Japanese.

Aerocaster, I bought a camera for my son…

Posted in New Panasonic cameras come with facial recognition feature at 03:56 PM JST - 29th January
gaijintraveller at 09:39 AM JST - 29th January

But it seems to be Panasonic's policy to have only Japanese menus on their cameras. Clearly, they do not want non-Japanese customers to buy their products in Japan. Their service (lack of) department made that quite clear to me.

If you are not Japanese, Panasonic does care about you or…

Posted in New Panasonic cameras come with facial recognition feature at 09:39 AM JST - 29th January
gaijintraveller at 06:26 PM JST - 28th January

Japanese law always blames the river. For that reason cyclists can be unbelievably stupid. Why not ride a black bicycle in black clothes at night with no lights on while listening to headphones? After all a cyclist has no license to lose.

As a driver I always assume any cyclist…

Posted in Actor Shimizu gets 7-month prison sentence for hit-and-run case at 06:26 PM JST - 28th January
gaijintraveller at 11:57 AM JST - 26th January

In Japan a lack of legislation against misleading advertising exacerbates the problem. Basically, though, this is just a rip-off. IATA should ban this rip-off by what amounts to a cartel.

Posted in Why aren't fuel surcharges on airfares coming down? at 11:57 AM JST - 26th January
gaijintraveller at 09:19 AM JST - 26th January

Why is there even a fuel tax now when petrol is down to the price it was in the mid 1970s? I am sure jet fuel is also down in price.

This is just a rip-off.

Why doesn't a journalist ever ask why they are still adding dubious charges?

Posted in British Airways, VisitBritain campaign offers Y35,000 return fare from Tokyo to London at 09:19 AM JST - 26th January
gaijintraveller at 11:03 AM JST - 24th January

What does "about three" mean? It seems clear that in this case it does not mean four as the 1.7 GHz band had to be opened up to allow a fourth operator.

This seems like a bad translation of "daitai", which means "exactly" almost as often as it means "about".

Posted in Gov't to allow 4 firms to operate next-generation cell phone service at 11:03 AM JST - 24th January