Jaunted in Japan: Wifi Report
Where: Japan
Jaunted editor Davie Kaufmann is currently touring Japan. All this week, we'll be running stories from her Jaunted Field Trip to the Land of the Rising Sun. Have something you absolutely need to know about Japan? Just ask.
Sorry to disappoint, guys, but I didn't come out of my trip the wifi master of Japan. I only sought it out for work, and ended up having to banish myself to LAN hell for the duration of my travels because of sketch WiFi connections. Wires? What are those?
I happen to be typing this from my flight home--it's pitch black and I'm one of the only passengers awake--and yeah, it's a tad ironic that the best WiFi I've found was on my way out, on a plane in mid-flight no less. The free ANA wifi has been a joy, as back in Narita, it was going for ¥500 for 24 hours. Contrast that with the ghastly dinosaur-fi in the lobby of the Ritz-Carlton Osaka: ¥1000 for ONE HOUR! Their LAN was something like ¥1995 for 24 hours. Truly bizarre.
If I was back there and not up here, perhaps I'd return to Cafe Pause, where Skipper of the Grids Jean Snow is gallery manager, and the complimentary WiFi apparently flows free. In Osaka, I would try heading for Aprecio, which is open 24 hours, although I haven't been able to determine whether or not they've got WiFi in addition to the computer kiosks.
WiFi samurais of Japan weigh in. Let us know where to go for free Internets in the comments below.
[Photo: x180]
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