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Life as an international student at Hirosaki University

Basic life information

Transportation/Post/Bank

Transportation/Post/Bank

Post

  • When sending letters, postcards, etc., please put them in a nearby mailbox.
  • You can buy stamps and postcards to put on letters at the post office.
  • If you want to send parcels or mail by registered mail, please go to the post office.

Post office / bank

It is dangerous to carry around a lot of cash on a daily basis or keep it in your room.It can also be used to pay for scholarships, electricity bills, newspaper bills, etc.
Also, if you have a cash card, you can withdraw the amount you need from the cash counters on campus without having to go to the post office or bank.
However, for international students, it is convenient to use a post office account for 6 months after arriving in Japan.
To open an account at a post office, you will need a registration certificate or health insurance card and a passport or alien registration card.

bus

In most cases, board the bus from the center door or the front door and take a numbered ticket near the entrance.You can find the bus stop by the announcement in the car.When you are near your desired bus stop, press the buzzer inside the bus to let the driver know you intend to get off.To check the fare, check the fare table displayed on the front of the bus and the number on the numbered ticket, put the appropriate fare and the numbered ticket in the fare box, and get off from the front door.If you do not have coins with you when you get off, please use the change machine next to the driver.

Taxi

You can call a taxi office and have them pick you up at a designated location, or you can stop and board a taxi on the street if it has a red "vacant" sign on the bottom right of the windshield. . There are also small taxis that seat 4 people and jumbo taxis that seat 9 people.Board the train through the automatic door on the left side at the back.Fares are calculated by meter based on time and distance.
Taxi fares will be subject to a night surcharge from 10:00 pm to 5:00 am.No tip required.