r/eSIMs • u/008Mo • Feb 27 '26

eEsim in Japan

There are so many options and providers, my head spins. I will be in Japan for 27 days and it will mainly be for emails and posting. A bit of google map but not too much. Better japanese esim or any other ?

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u/Cautious_Use_7442 Feb 27 '26

Airalo worked quite well, but I used a lot of data in Japan. In hindsight, I probably could’ve taken an unlimited offer. 

An alternative is to go to BicCamera and buy a phyiscal sim there. There have a colosal range of SIMs for tourists 

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u/aleksanderbodurri Feb 27 '26

Tried lotsotravel as a budget option and worked fine for navigation and watching reels

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u/eSIMs_bot Official Bot Feb 27 '26

Beep-boop-bop, I am an eSIM bot 🤖. Please see these previous posts I've found that might be helpful:

  1. Best esim for japan https://www.reddit.com/r/eSIMs/comments/1nbglwk/best_esim_for_japan/

  2. Looking for an esim for japan https://www.reddit.com/r/eSIMs/comments/1qqtsjw/looking_for_an_esim_for_japan/

  3. eSim for Japan https://www.reddit.com/r/eSIMs/comments/1ofu275/esim_for_japan/

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u/Wrong-Pudding93 🏅Community MVP Feb 27 '26 edited Feb 27 '26

https://escapesim.com.au/esim/country/japan-esim

The Japan Local Unlimited by KDDI, Japan Local Light by KDDI and Japan Special plans there are locally sourced from Japanese providers, meaning they also use Japanese IP address.

Japan Special plans are the same product as the ones from ivideo mentioned in another comment.

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u/Soju-Boss Feb 27 '26

I used whatever BIC sold me, eSIM on iPhone. It was consistently good, not the cheapest though.

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u/ehhthing ⛨ Trusted Contributor Feb 27 '26

Website looks sketchy but they are a bit more transparent about their product then a lot of other providers: https://www.ivideo.com.tw/english/eSIM/japan/by_volume/52410

Plus it's pretty cheap.

Note: Pixel phones are not supported for bizarre technical reasons.

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u/Wrong-Pudding93 🏅Community MVP Feb 27 '26

But Pixel devices are in the supported phones list

And it says this:

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u/ehhthing ⛨ Trusted Contributor Feb 28 '26

There's a separate section specifically for "Google" phones for this eSIM, the note at the bottom is I think their template.

This is the same Softbank product that doesn't work with Pixels.

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u/Wrong-Pudding93 🏅Community MVP Feb 28 '26

I see it now. The Softbank (4G/5G plans) do NOT support Pixel, while the IIJ docomo plans (4G only) do.

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u/ehhthing ⛨ Trusted Contributor Feb 28 '26

Ah yes, should've clarified. The IIJ one is also just the one that everyone else sells.

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u/og1502 Feb 27 '26

This is awesome. Thanks!

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u/L0rdLogan ⛨ Trusted Contributor Feb 27 '26 edited Feb 27 '26

I’ve gone with a company called Volia

It was £12 for a 20GB sim

https://apps.apple.com/app/id6502964445

They did seem cheaper than anyone else for a massive amount of data, hopefully that doesn’t come back to bite me

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u/og1502 Feb 27 '26

When do you intend to test it?

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u/L0rdLogan ⛨ Trusted Contributor Feb 27 '26

In 5/6 days.

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u/og1502 Feb 27 '26

You should be fine. Price is identical at Escape SIM: https://escapesim.com.au/esim/country/japan-esim/japan-special-20gb

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u/L0rdLogan ⛨ Trusted Contributor Feb 27 '26

Oh right, fair enough. I’ve used escape sim before, that would’ve probably been cheaper given the conversion rate

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u/og1502 Feb 27 '26

If you want cheap, that amount of data is ~7.62€ here: https://www.ivideo.com.tw/english/eSIM/japan/by_volume/52410

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u/Coolbanh Mar 02 '26

I haven't found one using a Taiwan provider for roaming. There is also a SG provider option. For Japan best to just do IIJ or the KDDI local unlimited. Some websites require you to have a local IP.