Rev. Hagiwara had difficulty finding the right scroll box in the dark storehouse. The storehouse was new but constructed traditionally: massive earthen walls, tiny windows, no electricity. The dark heavy […]
Apple
Apple Pay Coming to Japan with iPhone 7
Japan’s leading smartphone journalist Tsutsumu Ishikawa reports mounting evidence that iPhone 7 will support the Sony invented FeliCa standard by way of East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and KDDI. […]
Maps
Tokyo Station Signage
JR East is joining the station numbering scheme found on Tokyo Metro and other private company train lines such as Tokyu, Keio, and Odakyu. As a long time Japan resident […]
Apple
iOS 10 Maps: Nearby Search UI Improvements
The iOS 10 beta on iPad adds some nice UI refinements in Nearby search. The first two steps of a Nearby search are exactly the same in iOS 9. iOS 10 improvements start […]
Maps
Japanese Cartography Comparison
Justin O’Beirne has published part two of his epic essay comparing Google Maps and Apple Maps: “Content — The Map as a Whole”. It’s a great read and deep analysis. I think there is a […]
Apple
iOS 10 Maps and the Japanese Label Problem
That sinking feeling. Here it is mid July already, two, maybe three months until the release of iOS 10. That’s very little time to fix things, if it can be done at […]
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