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I stayed in a hotel in Hiroshima in 2011, and my room had a rotary phone (the room generally looked like nothing had changed changed since about 1971)! :] [Th

I stayed in a hotel in Hiroshima in 2011, and my room had a rotary phone (the room generally looked like nothing had changed changed since about 1971)! :] [The actual hotel: "アレーホテル広島並木通". It was actually a very nice hotel—clean and neat, friendly service, free (if simple) breakfast, crazy-low prices, and an incredible location—just a bit out-of-date. I highly recommend it for anyone wanting a budget hotel in Hiroshima. They also have slightly more expensive rooms that look a bit more modern (maybe even rocking a touch-tone! :).]

w1ntermute 13y ago
Haha I had the hardest time guessing what 外来語「アレー」 came from. I thought it was the French "allez" at first, but it turns out it's "alley"? That's usually written 「アレイ」. And speaking of outdated technology in Japan: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/14/world/asia/in-japan-the-fax-machine-is-anything-but-a-relic.html http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/14/world/asia/in-japan-the-fa...