Michael Cash  <mikecash@sunfield.ne.jp> wrote:
>but when making a furikomi at Gunma Bank I get the option of having
>the machine record the data on a furikomi card.

So...  You type in the bank number, account number, amount, etc. and it
just spits out a card that you can put in next time to save all that 
typing?  That's kinda cool.

In a related note, how are the Japanese banks with online bill payments
and furikomi and whatnot?  In my bank in Canada, I just have all of my
direct-pay account numbers set up (ie, the bank knows my account number
with the phone company, the highway toll people, the TV satellite people,
etc.) and all I have to do is log on and say "pay the highway toll people
$18.00".  Anything at all similar in Japan or will I find myself actually
having to go down to the branch for everything?

 - awh