How will I get a (temperary) cellphone in japan??!!?
I am traveling to japan to be a foriegn exhange student for 6 weeks. I know I should have a cell phone but I heard that cellphones from america are totally useless there. p.s. i will have a laptop please help if you can
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Answer 1 :
Talk 2 ur host family thats what i did last year
Answer 2 :
If you go to Softbank (cellphone company - they're everywhere) you can get a pay-as-you-go phone. They're a bit pricey - around $90. You can buy time in 3000 Yen and 5000 Yen allotments at convenient store.
Answer 3 :
get you host family to help you by a pay as you go phone.
Answer 4 :
Get a prepaid phone. Go to any phone store and ask this question: "Sumimasen, kokode puri pe-do no keitai denwa oitemasuka?" if you can't say it, show them this: ã™ã¿ã¾ã›ã‚“ã€ã“ã“ã§ãƒ—リペードã®æºå¸¯é›»è©±ãŠã„ã¦ã¾ã™ã‹ï¼Ÿ Then, you can pay for the phone and the amount that you are planning on spending on minutes. if you run out, you can go back to the store and buy a card. scratch off the scratch-code-hider-stuff and after calling the number that is given to you, type in the code number when it tells you. OR ask the store person to do it for you "sumimasen, koreno tsukaikata wo oshiete moraemasuka?" ã™ã¿ã¾ã›ã‚“ã€ã“ã‚Œã®ä½¿ã„方を教ãˆã¦ã‚‚らãˆã¾ã™ã‹ï¼Ÿ
Answer 5 :
I'm going to Japan in a week with some friends actually, and we're going to rent 2 phones from either rentafonejapan.com, or else softbank rentals of Japan. The cost varies depending how much you plan on using it (Softbank being ideal for low-call usage phones), from about Y250 a day, or around $2.50. You can either get these sent to your place of stay in Japan, or you can pick them up from the airport upon arrival. When leaving, you can simply put them in a self-addressed envelope which comes with them and then in the post, or just hand them back at the airport. You can order them over the internet with minimum fuss too! You can also get a different SIM in your phone, or get your provider to give you international roaming, but both options seem to be either too hard or too expensive.
Answer 6 :
Everyone is telling you to get prepaid. You can do that, but I will tell you right now I tried to go that route and NONE were available. You may be lucky and be able to find one, but don't have sights set on that. My advisor in Japan told us students that the country had a problem with foreigners doing illegal activity with prepaid cellphones, so now its a bit tough to get. What you can do is attempt to rent a phone at the airport. I suggest you maybe somehow reserve one in advance because those also go quickly as well. They are pricey though. The only other thing you can do is that if you are with a host family, you can hopefully use one with them. Or maybe ask your advisers for help in obtaining a phone for a short amount of time. Other than that you may have to go cellphone-less. Good luck though. Look for loop-holes!!
Answer 7 :
Prepaid will be cheaper than rental. As long as you have a semi-permanent address (that of your dorm/host family/etc.) you shouldn't have a problem getting a prepaid phone. You can buy them at some convenience stores or from some Softbank stores, but not all, so don't get discouraged if the first shops you visit don't have any available. They won't allow you to buy it without an ID card and proof of your address, so make sure you bring a student ID and passport, or someone from your host family to purchase it for you. Most of the standard celphone plans require a minimum 1year contract with hefty cancellation fees so it wouldn't make sense to get a full contract just for 6 weeks.
Answer 8 :
when you land at the airport, you can buy a prepaid phone (just tell them pu-ri-pe-e-do fo-un)
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