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City Japan Flights to France and transportation means Air travel : A return Paris - Tokyo can be had for 6500 FF on certain charter flights. Cars : the road signs are in Japanese. Driving is on the left. The French driving licence is valid for one year, after that contact the licencing office, Samezu-Shiken-Jô. Time differences Add 8 hrs to French time in summer and 7 hrs in winter. Telecommunications The international French radio wave bands in Japan are : Tokyo 81.3 Mhz (in French and in Japanese) J WAVE FM Sapporo 82.5 Mhz (in French and in Japanese) NORTHWARE FM The telegraph appeared in 1869, the telephone in 1890 and the radio in 1925, with the arrival of the Americans. Nowadays communications are excellent. Telephone/telegraph/ Postal services : To telephone internationally you have to call a company on 001 (or 0041 or 0061) + the country code + the regional code + the local number. To call from Tokyo : 3503-4400 (10 yens a minute) To call from Kyoto : 371-5649 (10 yens a minute) To get help from an operator dial 0051.   Telephone cards are available. Press/Newspapers : French newspapers are available in the big bookshops : in Tokyo, the Omeisha bookshop and the Maruzen bookshop. In Osaka, the Kinokuniya bookshop, and in Kyoto the Maruzen bookshop. Radio/Television/Others : Foreign radio is broadcast on short wave, even French broadcastings. You can borrow books from libraries and there are plenty of video clubs which offer some French films. Several foreign television channels can be picked up, including CNN. Airports Narita airport : informations vol : (476) 34-5000 ; Haneda airport : informations vol : (03) 5757-8111 ; TCAT limousines de 9h à 19h : (03) 3665-7232 ; AJR East info line : (03) 3423-0111. Narita Airport : flight information : 476 34 5000 Haneda Airport : flight information : 03 5757 8111 TCAT limousines from 9am to 7 pm : 03 3665 7232 AJR East info line : 03 3423 0111 Car Hire Rail : The Japanese railways (JR) has a regular and rapid service. The Japan Rail Pass lets you take any train on the national network, including the high speed train Shinkansen : in second class for 7 days it costs 27,800 yen, for 14 days 44,200 yen and 21 days 56,600 yen. You have to buy it before arriving in the country. Children pay half price. Hotels and Restaurants Aparthotels Tokyo Hotels, Hotels in Japan Information Local Customs and Traditions : In Japan you nearly always have to take off your shoes when entering a house, a temple, a restaurant etc ... Learning Japanese will be tremendously useful. If you don't you will have to at least know a few phrases to get by at work or in your daily life. When you are invited to someone's house in Japan, or invited to a restaurant, it is considered good manners to offer a small gift to the host. Don't forget to always take your shoes off in the houses. Shows/Music There is a highly developed artistic life, especially concerning music which the children start to learn much earlier than in the west. Your suitcase Take dark coloured, discreet classical clothing and get information on the temperatures of the region that you are going to work in. Small electrical appliances (razors) must be adaptable to the local current which is 100v.  International School in Japan School Guides Cost of Living Rent/Accomodation : Accomodation in Minshuku, or Japanese inns, a kind of family guest house, costs about 300 FF full board. Get information from the Tourist Office in Paris or locally from Welcome to Tokyo. Luxury hotel rooms in Tokyo cost 30,000 yen. In Osaka they cost 15,000 yen. Add 13% tax. Occidental restaurants cost about 5,000 yen at lunchtime, 15,000 yen in the evening. Add 3% tax. Taxis: the starting price is 600 yen Underground : tickets are from 140 yen Buses : a bus ticket costs from 160 to 250 yen. Trade Fairs/Congresses/Exhibitions : These are usually held in the big hotels, you need an invitation. Tourism Tokyo Tourism in Japan

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