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Re:Analyzing the Design of Unusual Japanese Butter Tableware by spike021 on Sunday October 18, 2020 @01:35AM (#24815739)
Yeah Amazon JP is great, plus it's handy to already have one if you plan to make a trip to Japan. Both times that I went, I already had an account so it was super easy to order the SIM I wanted from Amazon to my hotel a couple days before arriving.

As far as shipping to the USA, YMMV, but when you can order items with delivery here then it's super awesome and generally fairly quick (aside from during COVID times with slower logistics).

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Re:Analyzing the Design of Unusual Japanese Butter Tableware by EE84M3i on Sunday October 18, 2020 @02:37AM (#24815936)
You were able to order a SIM card online? Did you have to do anything to activate it? I was under the working understanding that Japan required government ID verification for SIM cards.
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Re:Analyzing the Design of Unusual Japanese Butter Tableware by _-___________-_ on Sunday October 18, 2020 @04:10AM (#24816269)
SIM cards are widely sold at vending machines in airports and train stations in Japan. I believe that the ID requirement is waived if the SIM has limited validity, as these tourist-oriented SIMs do.
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Re:Analyzing the Design of Unusual Japanese Butter Tableware by spike021 on Sunday October 18, 2020 @03:49PM (#24820544)
It was a tourist one (something like 10GB for 21 days). You just open the package and activate it with a credit card on the company's website. I think you need to provide flight info for your return trip leaving the country and that's how they verify you're a tourist.
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