Connectivity by city

Getting online works differently depending on where you land and how you move around once you are there. Each city page covers arrival and activation, the coverage quirks worth knowing, and which option suits that place, then lists every trip guide we have for it.

Getting Online in Tokyo: SIM, eSIM and Pocket Wi-Fi

Which airport you land at changes how you should get connected, and Tokyo's stations are where a shared connection fails. What to buy for a Tokyo trip, and why.

Updated September 12, 2026

6 trip guides

Getting Online in Kyoto: SIM, eSIM and Pocket Wi-Fi

Kyoto runs on buses and closes early, which makes mobile data more load-bearing here than in cities with a dense subway. What to buy, and the local quirks worth knowing.

Updated September 12, 2026

6 trip guides

Getting Online in Osaka: SIM, eSIM and Pocket Wi-Fi

Osaka is a base, not just a destination, and groups split up for day trips and park days. What that means for what you buy, plus the Umeda underground problem.

Updated September 12, 2026

7 trip guides

Getting Online in Fukuoka: SIM, eSIM and Pocket Wi-Fi

Fukuoka Airport is one of the closest major-city airports to its own downtown, which changes what you should arrange before you fly. Coverage, costs and city notes.

Updated September 12, 2026

4 trip guides

Getting Online in Sapporo: SIM, eSIM and Pocket Wi-Fi in Winter

Sapporo in February and Sapporo in August are different trips for your phone. Arrival, the underground network, resort coverage, and what a Hokkaido plan costs.

Updated September 12, 2026

4 trip guides

Getting Online in Okinawa: SIM, eSIM and Pocket Wi-Fi

Rail stops at Naha, so an Okinawa trip is a driving trip and the connectivity question follows the car booking. Coverage on the coast roads, on the water, and what it costs.

Updated September 12, 2026

4 trip guides

Getting Online in Hiroshima and Miyajima: SIM, eSIM and Pocket Wi-Fi

Hiroshima is usually a day trip or one night, reached by Shinkansen, with a ferry to Miyajima in the middle of it. What that means for connectivity, and what it costs.

Updated September 12, 2026

1 trip guide

Getting Online in Nara: SIM, eSIM and Pocket Wi-Fi

Nara is a day trip for almost everyone who goes, which changes the question from what to buy to whether your existing plan survives a day outdoors. The honest answer.

Updated September 12, 2026

0 trip guides

Getting Online in Hakone: SIM, eSIM and Pocket Wi-Fi

Hakone is a mountain loop of trains, cable cars, a ropeway and a boat, and the one place in this guide where you may deliberately want to be unreachable. What to expect.

Updated September 12, 2026

0 trip guides

Getting Online Around Mt Fuji and Kawaguchiko: SIM, eSIM and Pocket Wi-Fi

Around Mt Fuji the weather decides your day, so checking it is the one thing your connection has to do. Coverage at the lakes, on the trails, and what to arrange.

Updated September 12, 2026

0 trip guides

Getting Online in Nagoya and the Tokai Region: SIM, eSIM and Pocket Wi-Fi

Most visitors use Nagoya as a base for Takayama, Shirakawa-go and Ise rather than a destination. Those day trips are where coverage actually thins. What to arrange.

Updated September 13, 2026

0 trip guides