Where can I buy mobile phones and cards in Japan?

Since you don't need to take it home, you might as well rent a phone, because the cheaper wireless telephone network doesn't adopt GSM standard. Hong Kong's dual-band and triple-band mobile phones are useless in Japan. So many people have an illusion that it is difficult to keep close contact with relatives, friends or companies when traveling in Japan. In fact, it is very convenient to rent a mobile phone at the international airport in Japan.

For example, I recently went to Hokkaido, rented a Dokomo mobile phone for 2,500 yen (converted into 170 HK dollars) for two days, and bought a telephone stored-value card for 1000 yen (that is, about 70 HK dollars). If you call back to Hong Kong, you can call for a short time, which is not expensive at all.

Many years ago, I bought a local mobile phone for convenience, thinking that I could use it when I returned to Hong Kong, but I ran into a big head. That is, I once bought a mobile phone in Japan, which cost only 5,000 yen (HK$ 350). I thought I was smart, but I couldn't use it in Tokyo.

The store said it was useless because the area was different! This mobile phone has never been used in Hong Kong because of its different voltage, so it is wasted. This makes me understand that it is more convenient to rent a plane.