Yup. A couple days before a trip, I dropped my bags off at the Poplar (like a 7-11) next to my apartment. On the day of my trip I just take a day-pack with me on the train. When I got to the onsen, my bag was magically there already. I think it cost somewhere around 3000 yen ($25).
After I moved back to the states I talked informally with some VCs about the idea of doing something similar. "Americans don't trust people to handle their bags" was the refrain. I think it's cause I wasn't pitching a slick web app.
Also... it seems Yamato Transport (the company that handled my bags) actually cared about not losing bags.
After I moved back to the states I talked informally with some VCs about the idea of doing something similar. "Americans don't trust people to handle their bags" was the refrain. I think it's cause I wasn't pitching a slick web app.
Also... it seems Yamato Transport (the company that handled my bags) actually cared about not losing bags.
We are barbarians. We can't have nice things.