Kyo
後輩
- 1 Jan 2003
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I'm going soon to Japan on the working holiday visa for 1 year.
I'm gonna need a keitai denwa, but I know as a gaijin keitais are pretty hard to get, for I heard you need at least a gaikokujin tourokusho and eventually even then they won't sell you one.
Last year I asked a good friend to buy me one. He bought me one and I payed him the fees for it at the end of the month.
As I left Japan he canceled the contract and the keitai was mine (nice souvenir).
But now I will stay for 12 months and I think it will become difficult to find someone that might agree to subscribe a keitai-contract for me. Moreover the paying every month would become inconvenient for me and him/her for I plan to travel a bit through Japan.
Now the question:
What are the possibilities to obtain a mobile phone as a gaijin?
I will need it as fast as possible. I cannot wait some weeks for the gaijin card.
I have a credit card (mastercard). Would it be possible that a Japanese signs the contract but instead of billing him, they bill me through my credit card?
I also heard of prepaid keitais, but I never saw any in usual shops nor keitai stores, only in internet shops. And I don't know the conditions for ordering stuff through the internet in Japan.
any suggestions are appreciated
I'm gonna need a keitai denwa, but I know as a gaijin keitais are pretty hard to get, for I heard you need at least a gaikokujin tourokusho and eventually even then they won't sell you one.
Last year I asked a good friend to buy me one. He bought me one and I payed him the fees for it at the end of the month.
As I left Japan he canceled the contract and the keitai was mine (nice souvenir).
But now I will stay for 12 months and I think it will become difficult to find someone that might agree to subscribe a keitai-contract for me. Moreover the paying every month would become inconvenient for me and him/her for I plan to travel a bit through Japan.
Now the question:
What are the possibilities to obtain a mobile phone as a gaijin?
I will need it as fast as possible. I cannot wait some weeks for the gaijin card.
I have a credit card (mastercard). Would it be possible that a Japanese signs the contract but instead of billing him, they bill me through my credit card?
I also heard of prepaid keitais, but I never saw any in usual shops nor keitai stores, only in internet shops. And I don't know the conditions for ordering stuff through the internet in Japan.
any suggestions are appreciated