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plastic phone cards rather than coins. Some folks collect these
cards for their pictures of local attractions or frolicking animals. You
can buy these at convenience stores.
you should consider procuring a mobile phone. These are available
for rental at Narita airport, and at some high-end hotels. A mobile
phone is useful in Japan only if you think you might like to meet
people and stay in touch. Especially if you plan to do some wander-
ing without hotel reservations, a mobile phone is a fantastic way to
actually develop some sorts of short or long term relationships. For
example: On the train from the airport, you meet a Japanese guy
coming back from three months living in Thailand. "Wow!" you think,
"A Japanese person who seems like someone I might be friends
with!" He's headed home now, but he'd be happy to meet you for
drinks in two days. But you don't know where you'll be staying then!
Do you have any way to stay in touch besides payphones?
for more than a short while or you have money to burn and you want
an odd technology souvenier While phones in the west are mostly
black and white bricks, mobile phones in Japan boast cameras,
email/Internet access, and they can play Galaga, Pac-Man or
Arkanoid to boot. Of course most of the mobile phone Internet is in
Japanese. Still it can make a marvellous thing to show off from
Japan back at home. You'll have to supply an address and credit
card number. Some of the mobile phone providers in Japan will not
sell mobile services to visiting foreigners - only cheap, basic prepaid
phones. If you want the fun, technologically advanced models, keep
checking around. If you eventually decide to leave Japan, cancelling
the service after you sign up could pose a challenge.
- one for every 23 people. In the United States, there's one
vending machine for every 32 people or so.