iTunes Store Japan Opens

Good Lord, they couldn’t have picked an uglier font. Didn’t anyone at Apple bother to check what it would look like on a PC before going live? That looks like the font that was used in MS DOS. The characters are so enormous that 90% of the titles are cut off. You have to hover your cusor over every title and wait for the pop-up to appear to read it. The titles of Japanese podcasts look better in the US directory.

And it’s #1 fatal flaw? Herro Flom Japan still isn’t listed. No wonder this podcasting thing hasn’t really taken off yet.

Oh, and 90% of the songs cost 150 yen, the other 10% are 200 yen. That was expected, really. CDs here go for between US $25-30.

Rich Pav

Richard has been living in Japan since 1990 with his wife and two teenage sons, Tony and Andy.

5 thoughts to “iTunes Store Japan Opens”

  1. And it looks like some of them are cut off horizontally, so they didnt bother to check multiple browsers at all.

    1. I wonder how I can shop BOTH the U.S. AND Japan stores? I live in Japan and have been able to use the U.S. store using my bank account back in the U.S…even though I emailed Apple iTunes customer service with this question…they gave me a very roundabout answer, basically saying, that I must use the store in the country where I reside….Uggh

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