I have had friends and family come to Japan and use a rented
phone for short-time use. I don't know where they got it,
but I think there is some place at Narita where you can pick
one up. Will they also have FOMA handsets? Wouldn't bank
on it.
Christian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Curt Sampson" <cjs@cynic.net>
To: <keitai-l@appelsiini.net>
Cc: <cabo@tzi.org>; <fasol@eurotechnology.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2002 11:11 AM
Subject: (keitai-l) Short Term Phone Rentals in Japan
>
> On Sun, 17 Mar 2002, Gerhard Fasol wrote:
>
> > "Dr. Carsten Bormann" wrote:
> >
> > > PS.: Where can I get FOMA phones and subscriptions for
my July/August Japan
> > > visit?
> >
> > This is question 1.19 in the imode-faq:
> > http://www.eurotechnology.com/imode/faq-gen.html
> >
> > You can get a FOMA phone + subscription at about 1
million stores
> > in Japan. As a foreigner you'll the Alian Registration
Card.
>
> Unfortunately, the answer there is not very helpful, the
answer
> being basically, "You can't."
>
> Alien registration cards are procured at your local ward
office.
> But as far as I know, you can't get an alien registration
card
> without a permanent address here and a non-tourst visa.
Even with
> a tourist visa, your card is going to indicate that you
can't stay
> for longer than three months, which may make Docomo
somewhat
> reluctant to give you a contract.
>
> You'd think there would be someone in Japan who does
short-term
> phone rentals, but I don't know who it is. Someone like
Nooper Labs
> (oops, is this a plug? :-)) <http://www.nooper.com> might,
for a
> fee, let you come in and use their phones.
>
> cjs
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Received on Tue Mar 19 07:03:04 2002