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• ashitano
• 2019/11/22 (Fri) 09:17
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Double Kim Man,

Good for you. Now, Black Friday is coming up and I'm waiting to see what kind of tickets I can buy this year.

• 倍金萬
• 2019/11/22 (Fri) 11:39
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ashitano,

Thank you. My wife is going to Japan for 2 weeks, not for sightseeing but to take care of her elderly sister and her family. Most of the preparations are done, but there is still some help from me in setting up Mobile Hotspot and Tethering on my phone.

My sister's house in Japan does not have internet access, so I have to use Mobile Hotspot and Tethering, which uses the phone I am bringing from here as a Wi-Fi router.

Yataro cannot live without his iPad, so a Wi-Fi connection is a must in Japan. Luckily, we have a contract with Sprint, and we asked for a 30-day unlimited talk/data plan for $5. Sprint and T-Mobile offer talk/data in Japan without any plan, but the speed is like old 3G, and the above plan is 4G LTE, so we don't have to worry.

Sprint uses the same Softbank network in Japan, but in my case, I walk in the countryside, so there are places with poor reception and inconvenience. I hear that docomo and AU have no problem in this respect.

• ashitano
• 2019/11/23 (Sat) 08:55
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Double Kim Man,

Did you have such a plan with Sprint? I was in the Kanto area with T-Mobile and it was indeed slow. But I was able to check my e-mail, weather, and restaurant information in time. Also, I was able to use AirBnB's Wi-Fi in my room, so I was able to get information before I left. This time, I rented a Softbank Sim card so that I could make phone calls in Japan. This was a cheap way to make phone calls in Japan, since incoming calls were free, and I could tell the other party to call me once. However, I inadvertently sent a text message to the U.S., which was an international charge and cost me a lot of money. If I had done that part with T-Mobile, it would have been free.

• 倍金萬
• 2019/11/23 (Sat) 10:04
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ashitano,

＞ I rented a

＞ Softbank Sim card from T-Mobile so that I can make calls in Japan

I have heard this before, but all or most of T-Mobile's I have heard for a long time that all or most of T-Mobile's phones are Sim-Free. This will be very convenient when I travel abroad. You can find cheap SIM cards at airports, Yodobashi Camera, and vending machines.

＞ If you accidentally send a text message to the U.S. and it is charged international rate,

you can replace it with your original SIM card and you can call and text the U.S. for free. But it will be a hassle to change the card every time you want to use it.


I got a notice from SQ about BLACK FRIDAY DEALS COMING SOON, 11/29 ～ 12/03. I already bought my ticket for next May for $495 so it doesn't matter, but I wonder if there will be another deal for $500 or less.

• ashitano
• 2019/11/24 (Sun) 08:52
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Double Kim Man

＞ But it would be a hassle to replace the card each time. Actually, I put the Japan domestic phone sim card in my wife's phone. Mine is still a T-mobile sim card from the US. My wife sent the TEXT to the US with her usual sense. I was surprised when I saw the receipt later. I was surprised when I looked at the receipt later. She had sent it many times.

By the way, the Toei Oedo line has WiFi, and we were riding from Ryogoku, so the WiFi was convenient.