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From: crw@icf.hrb.com (Craig R. Watkins)
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Subject: Re: Japanese Payphones
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Date: 23 Jan 91 22:02:43 GMT
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In article <16278@accuvax.nwu.edu>, 0003209613@mcimail.com (Sandy
Kyrish) writes:

> A souvenir shop in the Sydney, NSW airport sells time-cards for
> Japanese payphones.  At first I was puzzled, but my guess is that
> returning Japanese tourists buy them when they realize they have no
> Japanese money with which to make phone calls when they land in their
> own country.

I saw them being sold in a gift store on Oahu (in the Polynesian
Cultural Center).  I seem to remember a big display with interesting
pictures on them, sort of like postcard pictures (although I don't
recall the exact content of the pictures).  I was certainly interested
in them, but they cost in the $15-$20 range and that was a bit much
for simple curiosity.


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