Prepaid travel data for Japan with instant activation and no roaming fees
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Data only — no phone number, no calls, no SMS Your own number stays active on your existing SIM (dual SIM), and you can call and message through WhatsApp, FaceTime and similar apps.
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You do not get a new phone number with this eSIM.
Setting up your eSIM? The installation and activation guide walks through it step by step, and the full FAQ covers device compatibility, hotspot, dual SIM and topping up.
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Set up a Japan eSIM on iPhone in about three minutes. Install before you fly on home Wi-Fi, then turn on Data Roaming when you land. Plans from €2.07.
Most Japan travel eSIMs, including eSIMpass from €2.07, are data-only. The honest truth about phone numbers, dual-SIM, and when you need one.
A single plan covers the whole country, so the same eSIM works in Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka and beyond. Install it before you fly, switch off airplane mode on arrival, and you are online - no pocket Wi-Fi router to collect, carry, charge and return.
The eSIM connects the moment you turn off airplane mode at Tokyo Narita (NRT), Haneda (HND) or Osaka Kansai (KIX). You can buy your Narita Express or Skyliner ticket, navigate the station and look up your hotel before you join the queue - no SIM vending machine or rental desk needed.
Japan's networks - NTT Docomo, SoftBank and au (KDDI) - offer some of the world's most reliable mobile coverage, with 5G across the cities and signal deep in the subway systems. That keeps live maps, translation apps and transit planners working as you change trains.
The same eSIM keeps you connected on the Shinkansen bullet trains between Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka, and on day trips to Hakone, Nikko or the Mt Fuji area. Mountain and rural stretches can briefly drop, so download offline maps for hiking and hot-spring excursions.
No - the eSIM replaces it. You get your own data straight on your phone, with nothing to pick up at the airport, carry around, recharge or post back.
Yes. Japan has excellent subway coverage, so maps and transit apps work underground, and you stay online on the Shinkansen between the major cities, with only brief dips in long tunnels.
Coverage is strong across towns and tourist areas like Hakone, Nikko and the Mt Fuji region. Remote mountains and trails can lose signal, so save offline maps for hikes.
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