eSIM vs Pocket WiFI vs Public WiFi? How to stay connected during Japan Trip🇯🇵
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- Опубліковано 26 чер 2024
- Pocket WiFi or eSIM, or use International data plan of your Carrier? By watching this video, you'll find the best options for you to have Internet in Japan on your smart phone.
🚩 The price may vary depends on the time of booking and length of travel. The price with coupon do not guarantee the lowest price. I recommend you to compare different companies.
＜Pocket WiFi Coupons＞
🥷Ninja WiFi : ninjawifi.com/?pr_vmaf=GzP1UU...
20% OFF with Coupon Code: Kenchan
🫱 JAPAN WIRELESS : www.japan-wireless.com/?via=t...
10% OFF with Coupon Code: JWTK
＜eSIM (PR) ＞
◾️Japan Wireless: www.japan-wireless.com/esim?v...
◾️MOBAL: www.mobal.com/japan-sim-card/...
- eSIM compatible iPhone
* An iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone XR, or later
- Android phones
Holafly - How to check if my phone is eSIM compatible?: esim.holafly.com/how-to/check...
- Make Public WiFi convenient✨:
Japan WiFi Auto Connect: www.ntt-bp.net/jw-auto/en/ind...
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Chapters:
0:00 Staying Connected in Japan
0:25 Turn off International Roaming
1:17 Getting by with Public WiFi
1:44 Public WiFi in Tokyo
2:30 Starbucks WiFi
3:12 Advantage and Disadvantage of Public WiFi
4:32 What is Pocket WiFi
5:00 Pro and Cons of Pocket WiFI
7:03 eSIM or SIM card in Japan
8:00 Is your phone eSIM compatible?
9:13 Check International Plans of your phone carrier
9:50 How much speed and data amount you need in Japan?
11:00 How to save data consumption
12:00 Smart Apps to use Public WiFi
To save data you can also save offline maps in Google Maps.
Thank you for watching and sharing the tip.
Nice thanks
I used esim on my recent visit to Japan. It worked perfectly.
Good to hear, which provider did you use?
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I’ve been wondering about this, thank you very much Ken-chan ! 😊😊
Than k you for watching! I hope you come up with a great choice. :)
I rent a pocket WiFi. Worked well for my family and I. At the hotel we used the hotel WiFi. The rental also came with a separate battery pack. Drop off was easy. Just put all the items in the envelope they give you and drop it in the mailbox.
Thank you for sharing! I'm glad the pocket WiFi worked well for you.
where did you get the device? I am flying into Haneda and leaving out of Narita and am wondering the best way to go about this since they are different airports
Aloha Kenchan! I too rented the pocket Wi-Fi from Ninja using your 10% discount code. Worked great. Google maps was kinda horrible but luckily we were able to use our phones as a compass and followed the buildings in Ginza to get around. Everything you have recommended worked out great. So glad I have been a subscriber. Arigato for your help. BTW, never walked so much in my life for seven days straight. 😎💕🌺
Thank you for sharing about your WiFI experience! I'm not sure why Google Map didn't work well but I heard about that from another traveler too. But I'm glad you found out a way to navigate in Ginza and enjoyed!
Thank you for your video. Used your link for 20% off coupon.
Thank you for watching. :)
Thanks for this Kengo San. I realized the limitation of pocket wifi, that is for instance if my wife wanted to go hello kitty shopping in Ginza while me and my son went in for Akihabara... But she figured, she was able to connect to a public wifi and was able to communicate 👍
That's true. Everyone has to be near the pocket WiFi to stay connected. But she was smart to use public WiFi and contacted you. :) Thank you Bryan san for sharing your experience. 👍
I used pocket WiFi and found it really easy to use. I just picked it up at Haneda airport, and took a few minutes to set up. Then on the way back, you just need to post it in a prepaid envelope (there's a postbox at the airport so I used that) and that was it. Coverage was great throughout my trip and the battery lasted all day.
Oh you did! Thank you for sharing the experience Dan san. It's great to hear your pocket WiFi was easy to return and battery last long. :)
Very informative as always Kenchan! I used eSim and it worked fine. It wasn't amazingly fast but I only used it for google maps when I was out and about, I did everything like respond to messages/send photos/watch shows etc when I was back at the hotel/ryokan.
Thank you Ryuga san always! That's great your eSIM worked well and it was fast. Yes, for many travelers Google map might be the only thing to use on the streets unless you like to post Instagram story immediately. Oh wow, you stayed at Ryokan too!
@tokyokenchan yeah it was a very nice experience in the Ryokan.
Kengo-San, Arigatou gozaimasu for sharing very important info for Wi-Fi! I used to use a company in Japan, but one year I took through customs with me at Haneda and I found out no postal box past customs! I had to mail back via FedEx when I reach home… now I been using a Japanese tour company here in Hawaii and I can bring back with me. The ones in Japan are very good and no matter where I went- even in remote parts of Hokkaido, Japan has excellent WiFi!! 🙋🏻♂️
Oh wow that must have cost a lot for FedEx. It's one of the con that you have to return the device. I'm glad you found the local agency and have solution for you now. Thank you for shaing your experience Davi san!
I want to come Japan soon Kengo-San, I love the cold!!! Maybe a short trip and a longer one in February. Keep up the great work!!!
The last time my wife and I were in Tokyo, we rented a pocket WiFi and I think it worked pretty well! The problem was that the issuing company gave us a pocket WiFi with the wrong subscription that I purchased, so instead of the "unlimited" data cap that I had purchased, I only had a few gigabytes of data I could have used before the device was going to be severely throttled. I didn't notice it until the day before we left and had talked with the staff at the departing airport about it. For better or worse, they could not do much as I had already been using it, not to mention that only the issuing station which I rented it from, would have been able to do anything and I did NOT want to spend a several hours just to go back to Narita airport and exchange it for a device that should have had the "unlimited" data cap when we still had 2GB of data available to use with the device we were given. For our next trip, we will just buy a SIM card for 16 days and initialize it prior to us landing into the country. I guess what I'm trying to say is to always verify with airport staff that you are given the correct device prior to you leaving the airport or station where you picked it up!!
I'm sorry to hear the experience with Pocket Wifi. That must be stressful and interrupting travel experience. It was impossible to make sure what device you got until it slows down so I hope they paid extra attention to it or could provide better after follow up. Thank you for sharing the experience and risk good to know. I hope you had a good trip over all!
Very informative video :)
An important thing to note - if you have AT&T as a mobile carrier, you must make sure your iPhone (regardless of which one) is unlocked, which only happens if it’s paid off completely. I got excited after seeing this video and was let down upon research 😅 so keep it in mind!
Thank you for sharing the information about AT&T. Sorry I should hace added more explanation about unlocking!
I ordered pocket wifi because it came with the power bank I can use for all my other stuff too. Do still need the VPN, I mean I will be signed into the pocket wifi
Thanks for sharing the info. I am travel to Japan with an IPad using it as a navigation system, so I need to pickup a SIM card at the airpot, would you would recomend for Data Plan/SIM card? Thanks!
I'm really considering a SIM card for my travel since I don't have to worry about charging anything but my phone.
Yes.It's easy to forget to charge when there are many devices to charge. :)
Great video! Is the discount code applied automatically when i click the link for ninja pocket wifi?😊
Yes it does! Please make sure there is a discount. :)
I used a physical sim because my phone didnt accept esims! My new phone does, so next time i go I'll probably try and esim
That's great you updated your phone. Thank you for watching! :)
What do you think of using eSim as wifi (tether from phone)? I like to travel ultra-light. But concerned about slow connection in rural areas.
Sorry I don't have data or experience for the eSim tethering so I'm not quite sure about the speed. It might depends on the area and the eSIM provider, for example, Holafly's eSIM doesn't allow tethering in Japan.
Also, I will be using the Hokuriku Arch Pass for my April 2024 trip to move from Tokyo-Kyoto-Tokyo. As I will be making the trip with 7 other family members, I would appreciate it if you could find the time to make a video about how to reserve multiple seats on the Hokuriku shinkansen and the limited express Thunderbird train from Kanazawa/ Tsuruga to Kyoto using the Hokuriku Arch Pass. I did use the Shinkansen ticket machine to reserve all my tickets during my November trip but I had a 7-day JR Rail Pass for that trip. I was wondering if the exact same process is applicable for the Hokuriku Arch Pass ticket reservation or are there some differences involved. It's okay if you're unable to make this video but I would be very grateful if you could. Thanks, Kenchan
Hello. You can make reservation of Shinkansen (Tokyo-Tsuruga) and Thunderbird (Tsuruga - Kyoto) on the machine or at the counter just like you did for JR Pass. The price of Hokuriku Arch Pass is going to raise after March 2024 and we don't know the exact date and price at this point yet. I'm sure I'll update in this channel too but depends on the date you travel, you might want to get at agency for better rate as JR site let you purchase only a month before. If you get at agency, you can make reservation at the JR East / West machine or counter just like you did for JR pass. If you purchase online from JR East or West site, you might be able to book online too after you purchase the pass. I'm waiting for the press release for the change to Hokuriku Arch Pass. Current info: www.jreast.co.jp/e/downloads/pdf/hokuriku10_e.pdf
Thanks, Kenchan, for your prompt reply, as always. I travelled solo for my November trip and the staff at the JR East Travel Service Center in Shinagawa Station very politely suggested that I should reserve my seats at the ticket machine instead of at the counter. I can understand the need to make foreign tourists more self-reliant when travelling in Japan due to over-tourism there. It's pretty easy to make single reservations at the ticket machine but I don't know about multiple ticket reservations though. I hope we can purchase the Hokuriku Arch Pass at the old price before the actual date of its price increase, the way we did with the JR Rail Pass. @@tokyokenchan
@@leehuimiin Yes, I'll keep my eyes on the announcements. I think you will be able to issue tickets (Kanazawa - Kyoto via Tsuruga for example) in one screen as you did with JR pass.
Will be in japan for 18 days and will be visiting fukuoka,hiroshima,osaka,kobe,kyoto and tokyo. What pocket wifi can you suggest especially for video browsing aside from regular browsing.
The pocket WiFi I actually used was Japan Wireless and Ninja Wifi, but from my single experience, Japan Wireless had more stable and unlimited connection. I used it in Tokyo and Kawagoe, but it was working fine to watch my videos. Still, cannot guarantee the speed so it might be better to check around other people's experience.
@@tokyokenchan i appreciate it. Will be using your code for japan wireless. Thanks!