Hello, I just came back from Osaka and I checked some electronic stores for
cheap offers on camera's and memory but I advice you to buy one at a
discount at home and take last year model and you will be cheap and you will
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. 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.

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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