Useful Information

TABLE OF CONTENTS
* Phone (landline, movile phone, etc.),
* Internet Calls
(download a free soft, then PC to PC for free.You can also use it to call landlines and mobiles all over the world with reasonable price/cheapest way) recommended !
* FedEx Kinko's NEW
* Japan Rail Pass
* Seishun 18 kippu
(cheapest tickets for domestic travel using JR)
* Timetable, course, fare, etc. of transportation
* Shinkansen Timetable external link
* Late-night bus in Nagoya
* Map of subway exit
partly under construction
* Subway map and time of one-stop
* Subway Fare external link
* Tourist Information Center
* Information about 16 KU (ward) of Nagoya
Chikusa-ku Naka-ku Atsuta-ku Nishi-ku
Showa-ku Higashi-ku Minato-ku Nakamura-ku
Mizuho-ku Kita-ku Minami-ku Midori-ku
Meito-ku Moriyama-ku Nakagawa-ku Tempaku-ku

* Employment Bureau for Foreigners
in Nagoya
*Japan Student Services Organization
external link
*JET Programe
(The Japan Exchange & Teaching Programe) external link
* Tokyo Employment service Center for Foreigners
* Work in Japan.com
* Japan Association for Working Holiday Maker
* b-cause

* Discount taxi
* Car Rental
* If you are involved in a traffic accident

* How to know the directions at the subway exit
* Currency Exchange
* Sending money home
(maybe the cheapest way) external link
* Telephone service info. on hospitals in 5 languages
* Clinics English available
(include Holiday Emergency Clinics)
* Good eye doctor

* Japanese language classes
* Japanese Grammer for beginners external link
* Japanese-language Education Media & System Lab external link
* Free Noh and Kyogen Performances
* Concert Hall List

* Japanese Dance Performance by Maiko and Geisha in Kyoto
* Agency for Cultural Affairs

* How to use Japanese style toilet
* How to bathe Japanese bath
* How to sleep on a Japanese futon
* How to separate recyclable from nonrecyclable trash (garbage)
* How to eat sushi
*
Sushi ranking for new beginners
*
Vrieties of Sushi
* Halal meat shop and restaurant

*
Video tape Conversion Service
* Secondhand shop for books, CDs, DVDs, video tapes, kimono, etc.
* Discount air ticket shops

* Flea Market and Temple Fair

* The Lunar Calendar / external link
* Koto (Japanese harp), Taiko (Japanese druming) & Karate classes in English
* Matial Arts Classes in Nagoya

*
Foreign Mothers' group
external link
* 758 Kids Station in Sakae (Posted by Maria) UP oct 29
* Aso Cabinet E-mail Magazine

*
Zen meditation

* Church
* Typhoon alert external link
* Earthquake Center external link

* List of Sumo Wrestlers' quarters in Nagoya

*
Temple Fair

* Karakuri (clock) in Nagoya

*Hiking course (featuring historical place or nice site) of each ward (Ku) NEW
Only Kita Ward so far