eSIM for Japan
Coverage on NTT docomo, Rakuten Mobile, KDDI/au, SoftBank
Talisim's Japan eSIM costs from $0.60: 100MB to 50GB of data for 7 days to 180 days, or day passes from $1.00 a day, on NTT docomo, Rakuten Mobile, KDDI/au and SoftBank. Data only, hotspot works, and refundable in full until it's installed.
A set amount of data, at the speed the local network gives you, used whenever you like until the plan ends.
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- 100MB · 7 days $0.60
- 500MB · 7 days $0.80
- 1GB · 7 days $1.40 $1.40/GB
- 2GB · 15 days $2.40 $1.20/GB
- 3GB · 15 days $3.40 $1.13/GB
- 3GB · 30 days $3.60 $1.20/GB
- 5GB · 30 days $5.40 $1.08/GB
- 10GB · 30 days $9.40 $0.94/GB
- 20GB · 30 days $16.40 $0.82/GB
- Lowest $/GB 50GB · 30 days $34.00 $0.68/GB
- 50GB · 180 days $56.00 $1.12/GB
A fresh allowance every day. After the day's allowance the speed drops until the next day starts.
Any length from 1 to 365
Plan starts when it first connects in Japan.
Advanced Any speed · Any location
Data each day
Price for 7 days
- 500MB/day $7.00
- 1GB/day $11.20
- 2GB/day $22.40
- 3GB/day $30.80
- 5GB/day $49.28
- 10GB/day $67.76
Number of eSIMs
One per phone
Add 1 more eSIM and both get 10% off: that's $0.72 saved on this plan.
- Hotspot works
- We don't ask for ID
- Refundable until installed
For 3GB · 30 days
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Coverage
Wherever NTT docomo or Rakuten Mobile or KDDI/au or SoftBank have signal
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Plan type
Data only
No phone number. WhatsApp, iMessage and FaceTime work over data
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Validity
30 days
Starts when it first connects in Japan, not when you buy it
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Install window
Within 180 days of purchase
Buy early and install on wifi before you fly
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Top-ups
Available
Add data and days to the same eSIM. Nothing to reinstall
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Hotspot
Works
Share with a laptop or a friend, as far as your phone allows. It uses the same data
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ID
Not asked for
No passport upload, nothing to verify on our side
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Multi-eSIM discount
10% off 2+ eSIMs, 15% off 4+
Counts every eSIM in your cart, any plan or destination
- Network
- 3G, 4G, 5G, up to what the local network and your phone support
- Operators
- NTT docomo, Rakuten Mobile, KDDI/au, SoftBank
- Internet route
- Hong Kong. Some apps and sites, TikTok and Facebook among them, are restricted from Hong Kong
- APN
- Usually set for you; if not, it's on your order page
- ID
- We don't ask for ID
- Phone number
- None, data only
- Devices
- Unlocked eSIM phones, tablets and laptops
- Refunds
- Refundable in full until installed, within 180 days
About eSIM for Japan
A Talisim eSIM gets you online in Japan as soon as you land and switch it on. There's no SIM counter, no pocket wifi to hand back, and no roaming bill from your home carrier waiting when you get home.
It runs on NTT docomo, Rakuten Mobile, KDDI/au, SoftBank, and your phone can use whichever of them has signal. Speeds are up to what the local network and your phone support.
Keep your home SIM in for calls and texts. The eSIM sits beside it and only carries data, so your number still works for WhatsApp and bank codes.
Travelling as a group
Each phone needs its own eSIM. Buy them together and the whole cart gets 10% off 2+ eSIMs, 15% off 4+. Plans can differ: one of you can stream while another just needs maps.
Before you go
Install it on wifi before you fly. You have 180 days from purchase to install it, and unused data expires with the plan.
Travelling further?
These multi-country plans also cover Japan.
Nearby destinations
Networks in Japan
Japan Planning your trip
Japan travel guide Networks, how much data you need, plugs and what's onCity guides: Tokyo
Japan eSIM questions
- Which networks does the Japan eSIM use?
- NTT docomo, Rakuten Mobile, KDDI/au and SoftBank. Your phone joins whichever of them has signal. Speeds are up to what the local network and your phone support.
- When does the plan start?
- It depends on the plan: each plan's details say whether the clock starts when you install the eSIM or when it first connects. You have 180 days from purchase to install it.
- Can I share the data as a hotspot?
- Hotspot and tethering work, as far as your phone allows, and use the same data.
- Does it come with a phone number?
- Data only: no phone number, calls or texts. WhatsApp, FaceTime, Signal and iMessage work over data.
- Can I top up if I run out?
- Yes, on most plans: top up from your order page, on the same eSIM, without installing anything new.
- How much data do I need in Japan?
- Japan eats more data than an equivalent European trip, and it is not video that does it. It is the constant small stuff: train routing apps recalculating every transfer, camera translation pointed at menus and ticket machines, and maps running the whole time because the address system is genuinely hard to navigate. Ten gigabytes covers a fortnight comfortably. Five is enough for a long weekend in one city, but not if you are moving between them every other day.
- Can I get a refund?
- An eSIM that hasn't been installed is refundable in full for 180 days after purchase. Once it's installed on a phone it isn't, because the network has issued it by then, and neither is one left uninstalled past 180 days. Unused data at the end of a plan isn't refunded.
More on installing, phones and refunds in the FAQ.
$3.60
1 × 3GB · 30 days