thegoons wrote:

[buncha snippin]

> My understanding reading all the telco websites is that a gaijin card is now
> required. I asked my friend in Japan to purchase and acticate a cheap
> Vodafone prepaid handset purchased from a convenience store for less than
> 4,000 yen + 3,000 yen call credit card. NTT DoCoMo have discontinued their
> "Precall" prepaid service. I believe Vodafone and KDDI (both their "au"
> brand and "Tu-ka" brand) still have prepaid offerings but require
> gaijin-card to purchase (passport alone not acceptable).

I'm quite sure you're right; I'm just going to get a friend to buy a
phone and pay her when I arrive.

Dan

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He was a fiddler, and consequently a rogue.
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