Be Careful When You Travel to Japan
2016-02-01
No Public WiFi ... At least no free WiFi.
Japan is one of the most technically advanced counties in the world but you find almost NO FREE WIFI here. I went to a new Book Store & Coffee shop at Japan Rail Ashiya Station can MIRAI BOOKS. Place is very clean and plenty of seating space and you are allowed to read books there. But there was no WiFi. I could not believe it.
Even a world famous bullet train announces "Please use our WiFi" but those WiFi are not public WiFi. You must subscribe to some services. I found this very strange. So when you travel to Japan, expect no WiFi except at your hotel and places like Starbucks Coffee.
I really think retail businesses in Japan should provide FREE WiFi services to attract more people.