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Using USA cell phones in Japan
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2016/1/11 04:47
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I just returned from a trip to Japan, and would like to share what I discovered. I had no reason for voice calling while in Japan, but wanted data service on our family's 4 smart phones. (Google Maps, and general browsing, are godsends for getting around Tokyo!) After research, I learned that SoftBank rented sim cards at the airport, but when I arrived, was disappointed that they ran out of the nano sims to fit our phones. However, right across from the SoftBank counter at Narita is a vending machine from U-Mobile. (run on the NTT Docomo network) They had the nano sims to fit our Verizon Galaxy S6 and Verizon IPhone 5S and 6 phones in our family. At 2,000 yen for the week, this was a phenomenal deal, and a fraction of the price of Softbank and others. These sims have a daily limit of 200MB which is far more than you need for Google Maps and general browsing. The setup was really easy, and it worked great! Note that all of the latest Verizon phones work without needing to be unlocked. AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint phones will NOT work! We even used Facebook Messaging to keep in contact with other members of our family, since text messaging doesn't work as it comes across their voice channels, these are data-only sims. I hope this info can assist others
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by Jeff W (guest)
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