I didn’t know this until I checked the city website this morning, but the advisory for 光化学スモッグ(Kou kagaku smog), or photochemical oxidase smog (photochemical smog, urban ozone, Los Angels type smog…, I really don’t know what is the correct or the most commonly used term for it) was issued for southern Ibaraki area at 15:20pm [...]
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Happy New Year! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and New Year break. I was hoping to go and see the girls dressed up in Kimono today for ‘Coming of Age Day’, but have just been told that for Tsukuba it was yesterday! Oh well, better luck next year.
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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.
If you are looking for a doctor, you might find this website useful.
Ibaraki Prefecture Medical Information System
(There is also a site that you can see on your cellphone, but the English version is not available there. )
On the far right, you will see a link called “Search for a doctor”. You can click on [...]
Since the dawn of cellphones, it has become harder and harder to find a public telephone in Japan. They used to be stationed at every convenience store and gas station, but these days they are much more rare.
If finding a regular public telephone is difficult, finding a public telephone that will let you make [...]
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