In Japan gambling is forbidden and lotto, beside betting on horse races, is one of the few opportunities to win money officially (I am not talking about the Pachinko industry which does not return money but goods which in fact…
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Monthly Archives: April 2011
Charity lotto
Cool down this summer
With the upcoming rolling blackouts this summer across Eastern Japan it is likely that the usage of air-conditioning will be restricted in public places and offices. Moreover, I expect that power will be off for a few hours every day…
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Locomoco – garbage on a plate
During my Hawaiian business trip I tried to do some tourist style things in the few spare hours, so I bought myself a (Japanese) guide book. Beside the classical scenic spots, one of the must-do’s of the recommended things in…
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Service desert
More than three weeks have passed since my unpleasant Austrian airlines flight and I wrote an email to the costumer relations center. As there has been no answer until last week, I contacted the airline again and asked for an…
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Jetlag
After returning from Europe I am suffering from the usual jet-lag. According to several pages like this one needs a day to adjust one time-zone. As I travelled across 7 times zones from the West it will take roughly one…
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