[jasonbvr]

Oh yeah, the cell phone. Depends on whether or not your phone uses a SIM card or not. If yes, maybe you can use (even then though I highly doubt you will). If no SIM card which is quite common with carriers like Verizon and other US carriers, definitely no.

Either way, just suck up and sell your phone. It is not like your phone can type and recognize Japanese which will be necessary at some point.