From: Hiroki Kawada <kawada <at> MERL <dot> HITACHI <dot> CO <dot> JP>
Date: 26 nov 1999
Subject: Re: ladder player's national flags

Hi Fabien,

> Don't forget that, generally, japanese people seems to want to go back to
> the hotel early (before 21h/21h30).

Yes, this is interesting difference in the feeling of the time. Japanese
people often think staying other's house till late is a rude manner because
it may be disturbing to the host. The problem is what time is too late. I
think 22h is too late for Japanese people. But, I guess, European people may
think 3AM is too late (or early in the morning?). (If my guess is wrong,
please correct it.)
So, when a Japanese say "I go back." around 22h, it does not always mean "I
am tired."  Let's ask pros to stay longer! :-)

> I've tested all these links and they seems to be right.
> Have you well define your proxy server ? It's often that this type of
> problem comes from that.

Thanks. You are right. I can now connect to the Shogi-Ladder web page.

Hiroki