Gets WiFi Club at Kanto train stations: 12 hrs / 300 yen

[Taro Toporific]

"Wireless LAN club" . "...without advanced registration you can purchase* an access password for 12 hours for 300 yen to use the NTT-BP WiFi service spots in and around train stations in Tokyo and Yokohama. The "club" also has a monthly flat-rate plan for 1,500 yen."
*with cash, anonymously at any Combi

[Caustic Saint]

What?!? People actually pay for WiFi access? That's crazy.

A quick check on WiFinder reveals 75 freespots in Tokyo alone. A check of all of Japan reveals 547.

And that's only 802.11.b freespots. I didn't check for 802.11.g ones.

Pay for public Wifi? Never!

[Taro Toporific]

What?!? People actually pay for WiFi access?
....Pay for public Wifi? Never!

Hey, you were using free WiFi broadcasting from Apple Store, Ginza at Starbucks a 100 meters away AND around the corner. (No telling how cranked up the WiFi rig they are transmitting with).

[PinkRivet]

Hi all,

There are a few random websites that have lists of all the McDonalds, Renoir Cafes, Hotels etc.. providing Hotspots/FreeSpots blah blah...

What I really want to know and can't seem to find any listing of (shock) is the names and locations of BARS (read: places that you can drink beer and whiskey and smoke and be loud).. that have an open wireless access point.. I don't care if it's b, g or even a.. only thing that is important is that it will get me online and I don't have to screw around asking a busy bartender what the friggin WEP key or such is.

I know of only two bars (see definition above) in Shinjuku where this is possible.

1.) Clubhouse
2.) Dubliners

I am sure there must be more and if you happen to know of any, let's share our knowledge eh?

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BTW... I'm new.. pleased to mee-cha...