http://www.odyssei.com Japan, - lately on the site en-us Thu, 25 Jan 2007 21:07:20 +0100 Thu, 25 Jan 2007 21:07:20 +0100 pet@odyssei.com (Piotr Jaworski) pjm@odyssei.com (Pawel Jaworski) http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/24672.html Required travel documents for Japan: passport [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/24672.html http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/24332.html Electric power: 00V / 50/60 Hz (eats of country: 50 Hz, west of country: 60 Hz) [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/24332.html http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/23968.html Area code to Japan: +81 [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/23968.html http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/22797.html Weather: This long archipelago has considerable variations in climate. Okinawa in the south is subtropical, Hokkaido in the north has long, cold winters with lots of snow. [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/22797.html http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/17374.html While flying to Japan you will be given the choice of cutlery or hashi (chopsticks) to eat your meals. Use the cutlery and save the hashi for use in Japan and to practise with in your hotel room. When eating in a local restaurant you may be given shiny ha [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/17374.html http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/11335.html There are indoor and outdoor public telephones just about everywhere in Japan. There are yellow, green and red phones. The yellow and green telephones accept Ľ10 and Ľ100 coins while the red phones accept Ľ10 coins only. The green phones also accept ma [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/11335.html http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/11334.html Standard time in Japan is nine hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT +0900). The difference decreases by one hour during daylight saving time in the summer. [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/11334.html http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/11333.html As with any temperate country, recommended clothes to pack depend on the season. In spring and autumn, pack jackets and sweaters, in summer, short sleeves and swimwear, and in winter, topcoats, wool suits and extra-warm jackets and sweaters are advisable. [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/11333.html http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/11332.html Clothing [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/11332.html http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/11331.html The currency in Japan is the yen (Ľ) and banknotes and coins are clearly marked. There are Ľ1, Ľ5, Ľ10, Ľ50, Ľ100 and Ľ500 coins, and Ľ1000, Ľ5000 and Ľ10,000 banknotes. The 1 coin is an aluminum lightweight, the Ľ5 and Ľ50 coins have a hole i [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/11331.html