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06-20-2009, 04:39 PM
One thing not to do: get an "international cell-phone add-on" when you are buying your plane ticket. I did that through Orbitz; it sounds really reasonable--$40 USD--but then you learn AFTER the fact that, for Japan, you have to upgrade to a 3g model (as others have noted). That upgrade is an additional $170 USD, for a total of $210. (I know, you'd think their online booking would be sophisticated enough to tell that you are traveling to Japan and need the extra-expense info up front . . .)
I've decided just to not have a cellphone for the time we're there; but we're only going for 16 days, not so bad. Actually, I think it will be kind of nice to be liberated from the phone for awhile!
Have a great trip.
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