Harold Heringhi wrote:
> Hello,
>
> A friend will be traveling south of Osaka in Japan soon.
> She in a California Verizon customer with a Samsung phone.
> What are her options in Japan?
> Is renting a cell phone at the Osaka airport and returning it in two weeks a
> good idea?
>
> Thank you for your help.
>
>
I was traveling in Japan in August and September. Verizon's
rates to switch my phone for one that would work in Japan
were outrageous.

I ended up renting from
http://www.rentafonejapan.com. They were very reliable,
the phone worked fine except for the occasional time when I
received an error message and it was in Japanese :-). You
can pick it up at the airport, you can have it delivered
directly to your hotel, or, for a reasonable charge, they
will send it to your home in the States a few days before
your departure time. Then you have it as soon as you land
in Japan. It was the option I chose and it worked beautifully.

There is a return postal envelope and you just put the phone
in the mailbox in Japan before you leave. They figure out
the minutes used and bill accordingly. It was an extremely
smoothe operation and the phone worked fine.

Louise