Frank,
I don't remember. If they did, it would be a paid one.
They do have Wi-Fi on the express ("bullet") trains, - Shinkansen
and such express trains as Narita express (Tokyo-NRT airport),
but you need to have a paid subscription to one of the services.
And, I believe there are two (or 3?) typical providers for those.
Overall, it is very hard to find free Wi-fi anywhere in Japan.
Even though many hotels seem to offer free internet included,
it is usually a wired internet in the room.
Paid internet from the major providers seems to be present in many
points, but it is not what you can purchase right there on an hourly or
daily base, - rather you need to have a subscription.
I believe many people are using cell-based data connection (3G and most
recently 4G). But if you are planning to visit Japan, it might be
hard for you to buy a prepaid SIM card for that... For the locals, I
heard you can find data plans that are relatively inexpensive, while
phone calls are typically rather expensive. (I might be wrong, I
didn't do a first-hand research while being there.)
I've seen many people looking up city bus and train schedules on their
cell phones. (In many cases, - those were not smartphones, - just
regular flip-phones with the web-access).
What is great is that unless you have irregular events like an earthquake,
typhoon or tsunami, trains (including subway) and buses come right on
time. This is to the extent that even my German colleague who regularly
spends time in Japan that trains are organized in Japan much better
than those in Germany (and with a very reasonable evidence).
I was "lucky" to actually experience a disruption of train service
caused by the recent typhoon. Cell-phone access to the interactive
schedule website like http://www.hyperdia.com/en/ was very helpful
to quickly find the alternative train/connection.
Sorry, I wrote more than what you asked for...
I loved that trip, and I am still somewhat under impression from it.
Cheers,
Igor
Thu Oct 18 19:30:06 EDT 2012
knarftheriault wrote:
Love it!
Do they have wi-fi in their subways!
cheers,
frank
"What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." --
Christopher Hitchens
--- Original Message ---
From: Igor Roshchin <str at komkon.org>
Sent: October 18, 2012 10/18/12
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Subject: PESO - Japanese girls go mobile
A photo taken (with a phone) in Tokyo subway:
http://42graphy.org/misc/IMG_20121005_211837_191.jpg
Igor
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