The following advice is from Xiaoyin.
One of the TV and internet services available in many areas in Tsukuba is provided by ACCS.
Despite its quick internet connection and good customer service, this company’s “credit card only” payment policy has turned away a lot of potential customers. The good news is that ACCS has recently started to [...]
On the TAIRA mailing list, someone recently asked for advice on where to bring his XP and Vista computers for maintence. He said that the computers were both running more slowly than they should be.
I wrote to tell him that I have received good service from K’s Denki (beside LaLa Garden) and Yamada Denki [...]
Tsukuba Cultural Foundation is organizing an I.T. (Information Technology) training seminar for foreign residents. You can learn how to input hiragana or katakana into a personal computer and send email in Japanese. Also learn the best way to find useful Japanese web sites from search engines. Everyone is welcome. (Sorry, no small children, please.)
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Date: February 22, 2009
Time: 10am to 12 noon
Place: Information Network Center (near Kasuga Campus of the University of Tsukuba)
Content: Typing in Japanese, sending email
Teacher: Mr. Yamashima (Associate Professor, Tsukuba Gakuin University)
Students: Foreign people who live or work in Tsukuba, above elementary school age, limited to 15 participants
Fee: 100 yen
For more information, contact Tsukuba Cultural Foundation.
Tel: [...]
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From the TAIRA mailing list:
NTT has recently formed a department that handles services for foreigners; that is, their staff members speak English. I was able to talk to one yesterday as they have a campaign now on internet subscription.
If you have inquiries for NTT, you can call them at 0120-915-932.
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