While this may only last for the next few hours or days -- depending on Sony's response time and care level -- there is a hack out right now to download the Japanese-only available Tekken 5 from the Sony online store. Want to know how to do it? Here:
Firstly, you need to add a new user to your PS3. Keep in mind it cannot be a new sub user, it has to be a new user from scratch. Go ahead and add all the credit card information, and when it asks for the country pick Hong Kong, and choose any city. Remember, all of the information will be the same except city and country. After you have created this new account that has a Hong Kong city and country, go all the way to the right on the main PS3 screen and choose account management.
Then choose transaction management, then manage wallet, then add funds. When you add money remember it will be in HK dollars. If you go directly to the PS3 store and try to buy Tekken, it will not work because any amount over $50 dollars and Sony will check if the home address matches the home address the credit card has on file. In order to get around this, add $40 HK dollars to your wallet twice, then go into the PS3 Store and purchase Tekken 5. From there, it will ask you if you want to add more funds to your account, (example $45 HK dollars). This brings you to a total of $125 HK dollars which is roughly equivalent to $15 USD, enough to purchase Tekken 5. Enjoy!
I'm too scared to try it, so if you got the giant metal balls to give it a go, please let us know if it still works. In the meantime, the rest of us will have to wait until it's officially available here in the States.
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Tekken, meh. Virtua Fighter fan myself so I don't really need this. I'll just keep playing Virtua Fighter in the arcades.
Milofo: Oh, the Japanese certainly DO use credit cards for stuff, just only big stuff. I worked for a language school, and you'd be surprised how much plastic you see when it comes time to pay for your contract. Most people didn't carry around the equivalent of 1000-2000 US. Plus, for big things, it gives them one more layer of protection and another method to track the transaction. But you're definitely right, Japan is a cash society, unlike much of the west.
Yeah most of the time I don't see people going to buy really big thins so the most I see Japanese use their card for is to withdraw from an ATM. Also it seems weird to me that the bank ATM doesn't work during New Years. The bank itself makes sense but why the ATMs?
As for the ATMs shutting down, my best guess is that it's more or less a little bank in a box. In America, I can go to an ATM and pull out 200 bucks and I'm done. I can deposit a check, but it won't post until about a week later. In Japan, you can pull out the equivalent of thousands of dollars from an ATM. It feels a bit weird the first time you go to one and pull out 500,000 yen. So to keep ATMs stocked in cash and collect deposited money, they probably shut them down during holidays. The way they contact the bank is probably part of it too. If the bank's shut down, it can't get your information by design. The net result is bankers get that much more control over money. The interest rate is nearly zero, and banks close at 4:00. If you hit an ATM between 8-5, you pay a fee, even if it's owned by your bank. If it's not, instead of just a standard fee, they take a percentage of what you withdraw.
Banking is serious stuff in Japan.
The other thing about ATM cards is they ONLY work in one. They don't function as debit cards over there.
Never used an ATM here but my friend was pissed because he didn't withdraw cash before the whole New Years break, which as you know lasts for more then just two days.
This seems a little off topic but was/is GEOS a good experience for you? I'm thinking of joining the JET program for when I graduate so I'm wondering what employment opportunities I could get involving Japanese.
That said, don't let that deter you from going to an eikaiwa. Like I said, I LOVED teaching, and at an eikaiwa you ARE a teacher. With JET, you are an ASSISTANT teacher. Also, most of your students will be adults in an eikaiwa, and you are encouraged to go out with them. That doesn't mean dating them, but it isn't frowned upon if you do. I was engaged to a girl back home the whole time I was there, so I never partook in some of the offers I received, but I did go to dinner, movies, soccer games, cook outs, went to bars, fishing, went to onsens, and other fun stuff with students. All the time, really. So that's really, really cool.
There's also the issue of pay. On paper, the eikaiwa pay a fair bit less, but you make a lot of that up in bonuses when students sign or renew contracts. In the end, it's kind of moot. Apartments will vary, but you will be paying for it at an eikaiwa. I think JETs get their housing a LOT cheaper.
Most eikaiwa people stay a year and no longer, and I don't really blame them, but I really enjoyed it and stuck around for an extra year. Incidentally, a lot of JETs only last a year, too. So that cuts both ways.
In the end, it comes down to personal preference. Both are very good ways to go. It depends on the type of job you'd prefer. I liked having a greater variety of students that actually wanted to be there (they paid out the nose to take lessons), and I really liked being able to keep the hours I used to in college. It also gave me better overlap with my fiancee for chatting at night and in the morning due to the time differences.
The choice is yours, and both ways are pretty good. Feel free to give me an email if you want. it's jyoudan dot sensei at gmail dot com. I'll be happy to talk to you about it.