Japan eSIM

Most travellers don't. WhatsApp and LINE keep working on your existing account for messages and calls. Whether a plan includes a local number or can receive texts is in its details.

The country your traffic leaves from. Sites and apps use your IP to decide where you are: a plan that exits in Japan looks like a Japanese connection, while one that exits elsewhere may not open services limited to Japan.

Yes. At immigration and customs you open Visit Japan Web on your phone to show the QR code, so have the eSIM working before you land, or connect to airport Wi-Fi first.

IIJ, KDDI, NTT docomo, Rakuten Mobile, SoftBank. Which one you connect to depends on local signal.

Anywhere the plan’s networks have signal, including Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Okinawa; rural and mountain areas depend on local coverage.

Yes. Operators here are listed with 4G / 5G; each plan's networks show which.

It depends on the plan: some keep a usable speed of 1 Mbps / 5 Mbps; others drop to 128 Kbps / 200 Kbps / 256 Kbps / 384 Kbps / 512 Kbps, which is enough for messaging; others stop data.

It depends on the plan: first connection, installation or purchase. See Validity starts in the plan details.

Yes. There's no total data cap; any speed limit shown on the plan still applies.

178 of these plans state personal hotspot support, so you can share data with a laptop or travel companions. It comes out of this eSIM’s allowance. Look for “Personal hotspot” in the plan details.

No. Each QR code installs once. If you delete the eSIM or reset the phone, it can't be installed again, and once it has connected to a network it can't be refunded.

Some plans add data, some add days, and some can't be topped up; each plan says which. Top up from the eSIM in My eSIMs. There's nothing new to install.

Yes. The listed price is the final price.