05-13-2008, 03:58 AM
Japan is notoriously unfriendly to outsiders' cell phones.
Rent one at the airport if you need a cell phone. Otherwise, I suggest using a disposable Gmail account. If you need sMS, you can email messages to a cell phone and they will appear as SMS messages to the recipient.
http://64.233.187.99/search?q=email%20sms&hl=en
Then use any computer at the business center at your hotel or at the conference to send and receive messages.
Rent one at the airport if you need a cell phone. Otherwise, I suggest using a disposable Gmail account. If you need sMS, you can email messages to a cell phone and they will appear as SMS messages to the recipient.
http://64.233.187.99/search?q=email%20sms&hl=en
Then use any computer at the business center at your hotel or at the conference to send and receive messages.