Thanks for this info, I did not know this but I could connect my ibm laptop
directly without problem (maybe because it is japanes) and on my convertor I
used my shaving and battery loader and telephone and they all worked fine.

-- 
Bye Guus

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>
> "Guus Veldhuis" <guus@dse.nl> wrote in message
> news:2om6qcFca89dU1@uni-berlin.de...
> > be able to experiment with it before you leave. Take also an electric
> > converter with you ,because they use 110/120 volts and in that way you
can
> > recharge your batteries.
>
> Good advice, but just to clarify Japan does NOT use 110/120 VAC;
> the Japanese line voltage standard is 100 VAC (which I believe is
> unique, or nearly so), and another power oddity is that the country
> is split between 50 Hz and 60 Hz sections.  The northern/eastern portion
> of the country (from a line just south of Yokohama) is 50 Hz, while the
> southern/western (including Osaka and Kyoto) uses 60 Hz.  Not
> usually a problem for most chargers, etc.,  but some electrical
> equipment (notably, simple electric clocks) will work properly in
> one part but not the other.
>
> Bob M.
>
>
>
>
>  You will have a smashing time because there are so
> > many contradictions and most people are very friendly and helpfull. I
> stayed
> > 3 weeks in the Kyoto area at a girlfriends house and I will go back end
of
> > December. You can read my story about it in my weblog, starting around
> first
> > of July. Good luck and tell me what work are you gonna do there and do
> they
> > need a crazy Dutchman, because I want to start living there from may
next
> > year in a little part of Osaka called Takatsuki. I had enough of Europe.
> >
> > -- 
> > Bye Guus
> >
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> > http://zapfoto.dse.nl/ E-mail guus@dse.nl
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> > "abcd" <abcd_68@yahoo.co.uk> schreef in bericht
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> > > Thanks very much everyone for your answers.
> > >
> > > I'm flying into Narita because that's what I was instructed to do.
> > > Erroneously apparently... Anyway the flight is confirmed and payed for
> > > by now so there's not much I can do. My working days in Kyoto will be
> > > full-time, so I'll have no time for anything else. But I'll spend some
> > > additional days there after the meetings.
> > >
> > > I bought a couple of guidebooks in the meantime which, along with your
> > > comments, should get me going. I've got just another issue, and it's a
> > > recurrent one: I have to buy a digital camera... I searched the Web
> > > and these NGs but I wasn't able to find any recent postings/articles
> > > about the subject. My preference (after some research) lies with the
> > > Nikon Coolpix 5200 or something similar. Does anyone have a clue as to
> > > whether it's cheaper in Japan or in Europe? Of course also considering
> > > warranty, assistance, etc.
> > >
> > > Thanks very much again,
> > > andy
> >
> >
>
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