Tag: japan tourist surprises
First-Time Visitor’s Guide to Staying Online in Japan
Your first trip to Japan is unlike any other travel experience. The trains run to the second, the convenience stores sell things you didn’t know you needed, and the cities somehow manage to be simultaneously enormous and navigable. But none of that navigability works without internet access — and for the first time Japan tourist,
Japan Mobile Networks vs the World: How Coverage and Speed Compare
Every traveler carries assumptions about mobile connectivity shaped by their home country’s network. Americans accustomed to spotty rural coverage are astonished when their phone shows full LTE signal on a mountain hiking trail in Nagano. Europeans with good urban networks discover that Japan’s subway connectivity makes their home city metro feel primitive. Southeast Asian travelers
