Friday, November 19, 2004

Is there no WiFi in Tokyo at all??!!

I spent hours today trying to find a WiFi spot to no avail. How frustrating! For future reference, Bic Camera in Yurakucho has WiFi but will not let anyone use it. Selfish weinies. If only Tokyo would do
this
.
I finally found a connection in Ebisu but it was just teasing me. After it connected for a whole 30 seconds, it wouldn't let me back on the network. Grumble. Basically I lugged my computer around today (with my fifty million pounds of other crap) for no reason. Come on Tokyo, get with the WiFi trend!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Just bad luck.
Tokyo's WiFi is everywhere because YahooBB wireless modem/routers come in default open link.

Japanese guide in vague English to free WiFi spots and Netcafes in Japan. Hell, I even found a 8 freespots in my apt./"mansion"

Japan: http://www.freespot.net/users/map_e.html
Tokyo: http://www.freespot.net/users/map-e/map_tokyo.html
Yokohama: http://www.freespot.net/users/map-e/map_kanagawa.html

L8r
Taro...For more info http://tinyurl.com/3rp4b

Liz said...

Hi Taro - thanks for posting :) Yeah, I can pull a WiFi connection from all the apartment buildings next to my office.

Thanks for the links. Just FYI, a lot of those WiFi spots no longer exist. The signals suddenly stopped about two months ago. Ones that I know for sure have disappeared: there used to be a good signal in Starbucks / McDonalds in Yaesu-chika (they are across from each other) and one in Excelsior cafe in Ebisu Garden Place. They aren't there anymore. Supposedly McDonald's at Ebisu Garden Place has a signal, but I've never picked it up.