Your airplane ticket is booked, your itinerary is planned, and your mind is already on vacation that means it’s time to travel to Japan! There is so much to experience in Japan, but often those experiences can be missed simply because your iPhone can’t get access to the internet during your trip. Luckily, it’s now quite easy to stay connected in Japan, but you need to know which device works with your iPhone. Find out whether your should rent a Japan SIM Card or a Portable WiFi Router with our Japan SIM Card iPhone Guide! READ MORE

If you’re a tourist going to Japan and want to continue using your smartphone for surfing the web and making calls, you may already be considering going with a voice+data package. This type of plan seems straight forward, but what you may not know is that there is more than one option available for accessing your e-mails and calling your friends and family. If this sounds like what you need, be sure to read on and find out which voice+data option is best for you. READ MORE

If you’re reading this, you most likely have a smartphone of your own and are planning a trip to Japan?and this means you need data access for so many different amazing apps from social media to Skype to Japanese-to-English translations. But if you’re not careful, you may encounter problems. To help you avoid them, we’ll give you the scoop on Japan prepaid SIM data-and the lowdown on throttling. READ MORE

If you travel to Japan, you will probably bring your smartphone with you. Whether you are finding train schedules on the go, figuring out how to get somewhere in Tokyo’s sometimes confusing streets using your favorite map app, or just trying to reach someone through Skype, having a smartphone in Japan just makes things easier. And, since Japan has a very modern and widespread network of cellular towers that conform to global technical standards, your phone shouldn’t have any problem getting cellular service when you’re traveling around Japan—that’s if you have a Japanese SIM card. When shopping around for a temporary data plan, you will find two main options to choose from: renting or buying. In this article we compare the two options to help you decide whether renting or buying a SIM card in Japan is best. READ MORE