Signs of the upcoming iPhone 7 release continue to grow in Japan. On Friday September 2, Docomo closed their premiere Marunouchi shop for unannounced and unscheduled employee training. The Marunouchi […]
Maps
Apple Maps Enhances Japanese Station Info as Transit Rollout Nears
Apple Maps greatly enhanced station footprint information for major Tokyo stations today as the iOS 10 public transit rollout for Japan approaches. A few hours ago Shinjuku station appeared in the iOS […]
Buddhism
Hail to The Lotus Sutra – A Collection of Gensei’s Words and Calligraphy
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 […]
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