[Citation Needed] wrote:
Kamak wrote:
Things are looking up though. I'll be gone all of June to Japan for study abroad but I should be taking lots of photos over there. Might make a thread once I get back and destress.
You make it sound like there is a single square meter of Japan that doesn't have high speed internet access. Not saying you HAVE to upload pictures while you're there, but you know.
Actually, internet access is a bit... weird in Japan. It's not free wi-fi like we're used to here, rather, you pay for your internet service in your house, and whatever company you get service though that ALSO services shops and cafes and stuff in Japan you can connect to. It's the company's way of rewarding you for being a customer of their internet service, rather than a free service the store provides to incentivize customers. There's a kind of stigma in Japan about just taking things for free, so you also won't see outlets in public places to charge electronics and stuff like that. However, there's a lot of free samples and people who hand you stuff like little boxes of tissues out on the streets, but the difference is that the companies themselves are giving that service away as an olive branch to customers rather than customers taking something? It's hard to describe.
Also I'm going to be over there with just a Japanese cell phone and an iPad (not even a 3DS since parents are paranoid, ugh), so while I should be able to keep up with stuff, between classes and trips and overall experiences, I'm not sure how much time I'll have to devote to just posting pictures and stuff. Especially with the camera being on my cell phone and being a micro SD card for transferring.
I'll see though, it'll all be touch and go.