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post #31 of 36
1/19/10 at 12:37pm
Thanks for the tips. I'll be there for two month (enjoying that Tokyo summer...) and I'll be with my wife, so we'll need a couple cell phones to coordinate our activities. We'll have a steady address (not moving from hotel to hotel), so that should simplify things a bit. I did find a site that offers rental phones for $2/day plus 70yen per minute (www.myjapanphone.com/). Is that a decent deal, or is it a lot cheaper on the ground? Thanks for any advice.
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post #32 of 36
1/19/10 at 8:06pm
You can rent via Softbank ( http://www.softbank-rental.jp/campaign/jpng/ ) using the application online, have numbers assigned to you in advance and pick the phone up at Narita.
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post #33 of 36
1/19/10 at 8:38pm
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Originally Posted by Ace Rimmer View Post
^^ I've done the rental thing at Narita and it works well. I think Japan uses only CDMA (not the same type as CDMA in the US). As such, my unlocked GSM quad band phone (which usually works worldwide) will not work in Japan. So whenever I go to Japan, I rent.
Japan is WCDMA!
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post #34 of 36
1/19/10 at 9:13pm
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Thanks for the tips. I'll be there for two month (enjoying that Tokyo summer...) and I'll be with my wife, so we'll need a couple cell phones to coordinate our activities. We'll have a steady address (not moving from hotel to hotel), so that should simplify things a bit. I did find a site that offers rental phones for $2/day plus 70yen per minute (www.myjapanphone.com/). Is that a decent deal, or is it a lot cheaper on the ground? Thanks for any advice.

Still think it might be much cheaper to get pre-paid, but it will also be more hassle.
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post #35 of 36
1/22/10 at 3:13am
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Still think it might be much cheaper to get pre-paid, but it will also be more hassle.

Way cheaper for Prepaid. Those phones run about 10,000 en.

Also as I mentioned to M@T, if you dont get the train pass, opt for one of these if the promo is still running.
Suica N'EX Its a Suica card with 2000JPY credit for using around town and a one way on the Narita Express into town.
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post #36 of 36
5/5/11 at 3:30pm
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Originally Posted by edinatlanta View Post
Thinking early march/late feb of 2012. May get to go this summer for work.

Looking for suggestions, have a general, rough outline.

At least one day spent at the Omiya bonsai village. One other day dedicated to bonsai. Two days for Tokyo, want to do hot springs, maybe ski. Want to spend probably a week in Japan. Those are my only real parameters.

Really want to experience Japan's weirdness. Fugu will be consumed, somehow, somewhere.

Want most of my money to be spent on food, not lodging. Maybe get some denim, hell if I know.

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