Comments on: Getting around Softbank Japan’s 3g sim rental service http://brandonshigeta.com/blog/2010/02/18/getting-around-softbank-japans-3g-sim-rental/ Mon, 18 Jul 2011 05:35:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Lasse Laursen http://brandonshigeta.com/blog/2010/02/18/getting-around-softbank-japans-3g-sim-rental/comment-page-1/#comment-88010 Lasse Laursen Mon, 07 Feb 2011 14:51:58 +0000 http://brandonshigeta.com/blog/?p=1287#comment-88010 Brandon, I hope you might be able to advise me to my best course of action. I will be leaving for an external stay in Japan (from Denmark) in a little over 1,5 months. I am tired of my old phone screwing around, and I'd like to use to advanced capabilities to help me navigate japan while I am there. Translator apps and/or easy to navigate maps. I'd obviously like to pay at little as possible for using the network and also continue using my phone when I get back... It is my impression that the best solution for me might be to buy my phone locally, get ahold of a sim card using your advice and then put that in my phone? I've read that japanese phones don't use sim cards, which makes me semi-surprised that the pre-paid phones actually contain sim cards... I hope you have some words of wisdom for me... Regards, Lasse Brandon,

I hope you might be able to advise me to my best course of action. I will be leaving for an external stay in Japan (from Denmark) in a little over 1,5 months. I am tired of my old phone screwing around, and I’d like to use to advanced capabilities to help me navigate japan while I am there. Translator apps and/or easy to navigate maps.

I’d obviously like to pay at little as possible for using the network and also continue using my phone when I get back…

It is my impression that the best solution for me might be to buy my phone locally, get ahold of a sim card using your advice and then put that in my phone?

I’ve read that japanese phones don’t use sim cards, which makes me semi-surprised that the pre-paid phones actually contain sim cards…

I hope you have some words of wisdom for me…

Regards,

Lasse

]]> By: admin http://brandonshigeta.com/blog/2010/02/18/getting-around-softbank-japans-3g-sim-rental/comment-page-1/#comment-24460 admin Thu, 10 Jun 2010 03:29:36 +0000 http://brandonshigeta.com/blog/?p=1287#comment-24460 you only need a passport for prepaid. registration cards are needed for postpaid plans. you only need a passport for prepaid. registration cards are needed for postpaid plans.

]]> By: MinceyFresh http://brandonshigeta.com/blog/2010/02/18/getting-around-softbank-japans-3g-sim-rental/comment-page-1/#comment-24413 MinceyFresh Wed, 09 Jun 2010 23:21:16 +0000 http://brandonshigeta.com/blog/?p=1287#comment-24413 How were you able to buy a standard prepaid phone in Japan? I was under the impression that only Japanese citizens (or residents with an alien registration card) were allowed to buy these... How were you able to buy a standard prepaid phone in Japan? I was under the impression that only Japanese citizens (or residents with an alien registration card) were allowed to buy these…

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