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Canuck_in_Japan · 11-22-2012, 03:19 AM

I was in the Bic Camera in Ikebukuro (Tokyo) and they had one on display there. It was fairly easy to switch the language to English. One thing I didn't check was the firmware or how you long into your account. In Japan you have to use a Rakuten account rather than your traditional email address. This pisses me off to no end and I need to use a VPN just so I can log in normally. I hope it's not the same with the ereader itself.

11-22-2012, 03:19 AM	#30
Canuck_in_Japan Wizard Posts: 1,475 Karma: 14328611 Join Date: May 2009 Location: Tokyo, Japan Device: Aura, Aura H2O, Kindle PW3	I was in the Bic Camera in Ikebukuro (Tokyo) and they had one on display there. It was fairly easy to switch the language to English. One thing I didn't check was the firmware or how you long into your account. In Japan you have to use a Rakuten account rather than your traditional email address. This pisses me off to no end and I need to use a VPN just so I can log in normally. I hope it's not the same with the ereader itself.