SIM card options for short-term visitors (data-only SIM)
To obtain a short-term SIM card (Data only)
Mobal
The application can be made online.
The only required document is your passport.
**The initial fee needs to be paid by credit/debit card or PayPal.
You can pick it up at the Naha airport or the OIST Resource Center, or have it delivered to your house via international shipping before coming to Japan.
Please click the link below for an application!
SIM (Data+Japanese number) / eSIM (Data+Japanese number) /
Short-term SIM (Data) / Short-term eSIM (Data)
GTN Mobile
Get your SIM delivered to you by postal mail.
The only required document is your passport.
The payment can be made by credit card.
Please click here to apply for it.
BIC SIM
You need to visit BIC CAMERA at AEON Rycom.
You can obtain a prepaid SIM card on the same day.
The only required document is your passport.
The payment can be made in cash or by credit card.
If you stop by Tokyo or Osaka
You can obtain a prepaid SIM card at the Haneda / Narita / Kansai airport.
Nippon SIM card
JAL ABC
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Okinawa, Japan 904-0495
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