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May 30th, 2009 | By Shane Sakata | Category: EventsAre you planning a trip to Japan and have questions about what to do or where to go? Do you want to get real-time answers from two women who have made Japan home for a combined ten plus years?
Honor Dargan of TokyoTopia and I have teamed up to create the first ever weekly Japan Travel Tweetchat on Twitter where we will do just that! No guidebooks, no internet searches, just real-time answers to your questions from two women passionate about Japan travel and the city of Tokyo.
Visit Japan Discovered! to learn more about how you can participate and how to send in your questions if you are unable to sit in on the live event.
We want to help you make the most of your time in Japan! Whether you are staying for a week, a month or longer – we want to share what we know with you so that you can plan a trip that is uniquely yours. We’ll share tips and tricks that we’ve learned about getting around in Japan and suggest things to do and things that you may want to avoid doing. All you need to do is ask!
Follow Japan Discovered on Twitter to be reminded of upcoming chats and have access to the best information that we have as our disposal. It will help you make your Japan trip panning easier than ever.
Mark you calendars for Friday, June5th at Noon JST and join us for the first ever Japan Travel Tweetchat!
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Hi,
My daughter (20 years old) is going to Japan in a couple of weeks. She will be working at a sustainable farm for most of the 10 weeks she will be there. She does plan to travel outside of the farm for perhaps a week or so at different times. We have many questions, of course. I purchased an electricity adapter plug but I was also told she may need a converter to be able to recharge her camera and cell phone battery. Is this necessary? Also, can you give us any tips on cell phone use? Thank you so much!
Hi Cathy! Thanks for stopping by to comment – I will do my best to answer your questions:
1 – Check the notes on your daughter’s electronics before you buy a converter. If they read 100-240V no converter is necessary. However if any of her equipment has three prongs you will want to purchase some polarized grounding adapters (you may already have those) that allow three pronged cords to plug into 2 prong outlets which are much more common in Japan. These are very inexpensive.
2 – Depending on which phone she uses in you home country she may not be able to use it at all in Japan and if she can it will likely be very expensive. Her best option is probably to rent a cell phone for the duration of her stay. Her hosts at the farm should probably be able to help her set that up on the ground in Japan, For international calls back to friends and family back home I highly recommend Skype – it’s inexpensive and even free to talk if both parties use the software and she will have a reliable internet connection and/or access to wi-fi.