Aoki

If you have a phone that's been on carrier for 1+ years, you have the option to have it unlocked. I had an older iphone 4 i used in europe and bought a simcard in paris and then ran around with. Otherwise you could just buy the already unlocked iphones, but those are more pricy. 

I should've mentioned in my previous post that I have an unlocked iphone 6. I was able to save some cash by paying for a monthly sim card while in London. 

i was just out there for several months and was using data sim cards which are readily available at any big electronics stores (bic camera, yodobashi camera, labi, etc). japan is still not open to temp sims that allow voice calls but slowly workin towards it

Any recommendations for data sim cards? Having a good amount of data for maps and imessage/fb messenger would be ideal. I usually don't do voice calls so a small amount of minutes doesn't bother me. If anything, I'd use facetime audio for a voice call. 

I'm studying abroad in Tokyo this upcoming spring and I'm not sure how to handle the phone situation. My carrier in the states is Verizon but while I was in London, I had a monthly unlimited data plan with 3. Does Tokyo have anything similar? Any help would be appreciated. 

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2 of my films looped at Tyler School of Art (3/23-3/27)