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Ned posted:It means you can stay at my house. Or maybe not. The lady friend is mad at me because some friends are doing a photo shoot in my yard and there is nudity! My bad. I thought you just had a little restaurant with an excellent name 
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Mister Chief posted:I see the group tours are going well. Lol I can tell you I wouldn’t do this at least.
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Someone took Walk the Yamanote a little too literally oops
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Was just some fake news on twitter. https://www.huffingtonpost.jp/entry/story_jp_6324183be4b0ed021dfb69b9
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So.. who didn't want to go to work that morning?
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Bofast posted:My bad. I thought you just had a little restaurant with an excellent name It is what I am going to call my guest house.
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Ned posted:It is what I am going to call my guest house. Very nice
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Stay safe friends
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Charles 2 of Spain posted:Stay safe friends Batten down the hatches. Crossing fingers friends in Kyushu haven’t blown away.
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Anyone traveled from Europe to Japan recently, how full were the flights?
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Sep 19, 2022 09:37
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Not so bad but yes you do still need a proper PCR test or proof of 3 recognized vaccines.
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peanut posted:Not so bad but yes you do still need a proper PCR test or proof of 3 recognized vaccines. Got it, seems like the former policy where a PCR test is required changed. quote:From 0:00 am (JST) on September 7, 2022, among all cross-border travelers and returnees from countries/regions where the B.1.1.529 Omicron variant becomes dominant, those who possess a valid vaccination certificate of COVID-19 will be no longer required to submit the certificate of negative result of pre-departure COVID-19 test.
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Yep, if you've got three shots now (and are in/coming from certain countries) then the PCR test is waived. Flights might still be weird or infrequent thanks to the daily arrival limits still in place, and not flying over Russia, but the arrival limit might be changing soon as well if rumors hold true.
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Yeah seems like flights from Europe to Tokyo are around 12 to 14 hours now because airspace over Russia is closed.
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How do they treat little ones who are not able to have 3 shots yet?
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Kids 6 and under don't require PCR or vaccines.
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What's the best way to get a SIM card for Japan as a tourist? Something like this would be the best? - https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/Docomo-Prepaid-50GB-Physical-90days/dp/B09KXJSFPF/ I also see some eSim options although I've never used it but I know my phone is capable. Busy Bee fucked around with this message at 10:21 on Sep 20, 2022 |
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Last time I just bought something in a vending machine at the airport.
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I dunno about making calls but I just buy a sim with unlimited data from a desk in the airport
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Man, it's so much easier than even just ten years ago.
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Rent a mobile router.
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nielsm posted:Last time I just bought something in a vending machine at the airport. That was a pocari sweat.
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Busy Bee posted:What's the best way to get a SIM card for Japan as a tourist? Something like this would be the best? - https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/Docomo-Prepaid-50GB-Physical-90days/dp/B09KXJSFPF/ I usually buy mine from japan-rail-pass.com
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Pollyanna posted:Rent a mobile router.
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I 1000% disagree. SIM cards are super cheap these days (you could get an unlimited SIM card for 20-30 bucks for a month) and not being tied together by only having a single router is way better. There's basically 0% chance that you're going to be all together in wifi range all the time. It also means you don't have another device to have to charge/watch the battery on and one less thing to deal with when you're leaving. totalnewbie fucked around with this message at 17:04 on Sep 20, 2022 |
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This is perhaps a stupid question, but if I wanted to get an unlimited data SIM card when I arrive in Japan, is it as easy as popping out my current one on my AT&T iPhone 13 pro and popping in the new one? Then reversing the process when I get back to the US?
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There's a couple extra steps like entering in the access point but if your phone is compatible then it's not a big deal. I had a phone that had compatibility issues and it was huge pain in the rear end to get running. If you order online they usually have a list of compatible phones they have tested.
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I found 30 GB / 180 days eSim for $35 - probably the most convenient.
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Zettace posted:There's a couple extra steps like entering in the access point but if your phone is compatible then it's not a big deal. I had a phone that had compatibility issues and it was huge pain in the rear end to get running. If you order online they usually have a list of compatible phones they have tested. Ok, thanks, I’ll have to figure out how to check whether it’s compatible
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If you have compatibility issues I've used the wifi thing from cdjapan a couple times. Super easy, they send it to your hotel so it's there when you arrive, then just stick it in the mailbox at the airport when you leave.
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I’ve used bmobile and sent the sim to the airport.
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Zettace posted:There's a couple extra steps like entering in the access point but if your phone is compatible then it's not a big deal. I had a phone that had compatibility issues and it was huge pain in the rear end to get running. If you order online they usually have a list of compatible phones they have tested. Sometimes you don't have to do that and it's really as easy as swapping the SIM. Now how that will work with Apple and others going eSIM only is an open question.
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My first thought is that might break WhatsApp but apparently it's okay, you can just answer no to a "switch number" prompt? https://www.reddit.com/r/whatsapp/comments/pwtgn0/whatsapp_while_using_an_international_sim_card/
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Don't forget that once you arrive at the airport, head straight for the conbini and grab a currydon and crack a couple of strongies
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I sat along the river in Kyoto and drank an entire little bottle of umeshu over an evening and it was real dope. Can recommend.
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There also is the option of using your carrier's international plan for a few days. It was $10 a day with AT&T (apparently only $5 a day with Verizon, plus one free day a year), so yeah, a sim is cheaper, much cheaper if you're going to be there for a while. But if for some reason you are in a hurry or having a bit of an anxiety event and can't grab one in the airport you at least have the option of just flipping that on with your phone directly.
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Midjack posted:Sometimes you don't have to do that and it's really as easy as swapping the SIM. Now how that will work with Apple and others going eSIM only is an open question. You could always search for how dual SIM works on an iPhone (which is a feature available from the iPhone XR forward) - and calls out specifically the “traveling overseas” option. Just set it up in your phone then choose which SIM should be used for different features.
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harperdc posted:You could always search for how dual SIM works on an iPhone (which is a feature available from the iPhone XR forward) - and calls out specifically the “traveling overseas” option. Just set it up in your phone then choose which SIM should be used for different features. Oh sure but switching to local service won't be as easy as buying a card off the rack and shoving a fleck of plastic into your phone, it will require some fiddling in settings. The iPhone 14 sold in the US doesn't have a SIM slot, which means everyone else will do the same thing over the next 3-5 years.
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