[ohsixthirty]

Originally Posted by Earth_maiden

I seriously, very highly recommend you (and others) get a portable wifi to take with you. I hired one from CDJapan and it was the best thing I ever did. I had complete wifi connection all over Japan, it arrived at my hotel and came with everything I needed (incuding a very useful usb charger with two ports that I could also use to charge my phone!), and when you need to send it back you just put everything in the self addressed envelope that they provide and put it in a mailbox in Japan. IT'S SO EASY!!!

http://rental.cdjapan.co.jp/

I rented the more expensive one because they were out of the cheaper ones, but with that I could browse youtube, upload to facebook and instagram without any issues and do basically everything I needed to and more. And trust me, having google maps when you're lost and trying to find somewhere that doesn't have signs (we couldn't find Gotokuji temple so I had to use google maps and it was a LIFESAVER) makes life soooo much easier.

My dad rented a Japanese simcard but couldn't get it to work in his SG4 so I personally would recommend getting a travelsim.

OMG, how did I not know about this?! When I was in Japan I had to go without Wi-Fi most of the time, this would have been AMAZING to have! I'll definitely use it when I go back! Thanks!!