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International Hotel WiFi: Comfort Hotel Gets It Almost Right in Hiroshima

Where: 3-17 KOMACHI NAKA-KU, Hiroshima, Japan, 30-0041

Head for technology-rich Japan and you might be expecting that the hotel WiFi scenario improves a bit. Well it does, a bit, depending on where you stay. In beautiful Hiroshima, we've found that the Comfort Hotel Hiroshima does a good job on providing internet access.

The Comfort Hotel's website boasts all kinds of tech-based amenities, including a computer to use for free in the lobby, computer hook-ups and work desks in all rooms, and high-speed, FREE wireless internet access everywhere. Recent guests even confirm that this is true, with the following warning:

There appears to be a wireless access point on every floor! The instructions in the room compendium tell you how to connect in Japanese, but anyone used to using wireless connections should be able to get by. The compendium contains the WPA-PSK key you need and it is written in English. So worked great for connecting my notebook and PDA.

So like WiFi nearly the whole world over, it's not as straightforward as it should be, but it's there. As an added bonus, the Comfort Hotel Hiroshima is near Peace Park and the Hiroshima Castle too, so when you've finished surfing or working, the sightseeing is at your doorstep.

[Photo: kang_a_ji]