Kevin wrote:
| On Tue, 11 Sep 2001, Hitoshi Doi wrote:
| 
| > Noa discovered that the number 500 was written inside the 0's
| > in the new 500 yen coins..
| 
| As a side note, do they still have 2000 yen bills?  Or was that a one-time
| thing?

Yes.  I got one a few weeks ago.
But it's very rarely used.

| > Noa said that she wants to ride the female only trains,
| > so she can look at the cute girls.
| 
| There are female-only cars on trains?  Which lines carry them?

Some of the JR lines have it at late evenings.
But it was started on the private trains..
don't remember which ones.
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Hitoshi Doi (LaLaLu FC #49, Cutie Pai FC #2)              Toshi Nibunnoichi
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