A Buddhist priest friend of mine teaches that Buddhist faith and practice is not a big thing, but a gradual accumulation of small things over time. That’s a good analogy […]
The Battle of Roshi Hall: Improving Apple Maps Japanese Data
Rereading my previous post something bothered me: the newer parts of Apple Maps like Japanese public transit, are clearly the result of hard work and are well done. It is older […]
Dear Apple Maps, Your Japanese Map Data From IPC is Rotten
Not many people bother to blog about Apple Maps anymore so it’s refreshing to read a different user’s point of view. A Japanese blogger by the name of Train, a […]
Exits and Entrances
Station signage is something you probably don’t think about, as long as it works. When signage doesn’t work, you notice. A lot of work is being done with Tokyo area signage […]
Apple Pay and Suica launches in Japan with iOS 10.1 Update
Update 10/25 5 am Japan time: Apple Pay went online at 5am Japan time. Twitter users report successful Suica loading. I successfully loaded a JR East View Card on iPad […]
Apple Maps Japan Transit Goes Live in iOS 10.1 Beta
(A full review of Apple Maps Japan Transit here) Apple Maps Japan Transit service has gone live before the official iOS 10.1 release and Apple Pay Japan launch. iOS 10.1 […]