Japan sim card?

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went with Ubigi cos of the 5G (Docomo). Airalo is 4G (SoftBank/KDDI). pros of Airalo is it has a rebate system so you use more got more discount for subsequent uses
main usage is probably google mapping and train timings so dun really need the speed. its the coverage im more worried about. i have free credits for a free 3 gb which should be enough......
 

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main usage is probably google mapping and train timings so dun really need the speed. its the coverage im more worried about. i have free credits for a free 3 gb which should be enough......
Docomo has the best coverage
 

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main usage is probably google mapping and train timings so dun really need the speed. its the coverage im more worried about. i have free credits for a free 3 gb which should be enough......
Coverage wise in hokkaido area, both sofbank (Airalo) and docomo (Ubigi) are good. Dead spot only occurs if you travel inside deep tunnel anyway. During my journey ride there in the car, i seldom encounter any signal drop, only a few times when i was in yoichi area where there are a lot of tunnels, then the signal goes down to 2 bars.
 

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Coverage wise in hokkaido area, both sofbank (Airalo) and docomo (Ubigi) are good. Dead spot only occurs if you travel inside deep tunnel anyway. During my journey ride there in the car, i seldom encounter any signal drop, only a few times when i was in yoichi area where there are a lot of tunnels, then the signal goes down to 2 bars.
hmm, my usage is more tokyo nagano kanazawa kansai then tottori. probably will be doing some hiking to higher spots.....
 

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Both shouldn't have any issue for you. Just get the one you prefer most. Next yr i am going back to Japan i will use back my Ubigi card.
 

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hmm, my usage is more tokyo nagano kanazawa kansai then tottori. probably will be doing some hiking to higher spots.....
city areas all 3 should have good coverage. you can always download offline maps to minimize issues also.
 

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any reviews of airalo? probably using them....

just back from Hokkaido

used Airalo eSIM for last 4 days of my trip while in Sapporo

i redeemed the 1GB, 5 days @ USD 4.50

only needed to use it occassionally, everything seems to work fine

can hotspot

purchase, set up and activation straightforward ... but must download the Airalo app
 

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Low usage so 1GB is enough. High usage like mine, my airalo 10GB, on the 7th day already used up. Then i went to sign Ubigi 3GB.

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anyone has reliable data sim card that was tested to be working with personal mifi?
 

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can't get 5g on my Japan pixel 6a using ubigi. already set to 5g in settings..sg on gomo no issue 5g

wife ip13 no issue thou .

weird stuff
 
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