Need to stay in touch during your time in Japan? Then why not rent a mobile phone?
SoftBank Global Rental provides worldwide communications through the convenient rental of three options to choose from, Phone with local Japanese number, 3G SIM card only,
and Handset-only rental to use your own SIM.
- CONVENIENT pick-up & drop-off locations!
- FREE incoming calls and a LOCAL JAPANESE NUMBER (703SHf)
- YOUR OWN SIM* card and phone number!
*Please check Roaming Partners(PDF) for roaming capability of your SIM before you leave for Japan.
All rates include 5% consumption tax. (International calls are not subject to consumption tax.)
| 703SHf | SIM Card | Nokia | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rental Fee | ¥250 ¥840 / day* | ¥105 / day* | ¥945 / day* | |
| Insurance (Option) | ¥210 / day | - | ¥420 / day | |
| Voice Calls | Local calls | ¥105 / min.** | Call charges are determined by your home country's network operator. | |
| International | Rate table | |||
| Incoming calls | FREE | |||
| SMS | ¥15 / message | |||
| International SMS*** | ¥150 / message | |||
** All calls calculated in 60 second increments.
*** Please see the Overseas carriers' list (PDF) for available messaging service providers and their services.
Communication Charges
703SHf |
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|---|---|---|
| S! Mail (MMS) | 1packet (128B) [sending/retrieving] |
¥1 |
| International S! Mail (Global MMS) | up to 1.5KB (Outgoing) | ¥165 |
| up to 10KB (Outgoing) | ¥173 | |
| up to 30KB (Outgoing) | ¥216 | |
| up to 100KB (Outgoing) | ¥480 | |
| up to 300KB (Outgoing) | ¥640 | |
| up to 1.5KB (Incoming) | ¥15 | |
| up to 10KB (Incoming) | ¥40 | |
| up to 30KB (Incoming) | ¥175 | |
| up to 100KB (Incoming) | ¥500 | |
| up to 300KB (Incoming) | ¥1,000 | |
| Web | 1packet (128B) | ¥0.32 |
* Data communication charges are metered and customers pay only for the data used.
Insurance shall only cover loss of or damage to handset. (Please refer to clause 6 of 'Conditions of Use of Equipment'.) The following are the current rates for replacement of lost or stolen items.
| 703SHf | SIM Card | Nokia | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insured | Not insured | - | Insured | Not insured | |
| Handset | ¥21,000 | ¥42,000 | - | ¥51,975 | ¥89,250 |
| SIM Card | - | ¥5,250 | ¥3,150 | - | - |
| Battery | - | ¥6,300 | - | - | ¥6,300 |
| Carry Case | - | ¥3,150 | - | - | ¥3,150 |
| Charger | - | ¥2,100 | - | - | ¥4,200 |
| Desktop Holder | - | ¥1,575 | - | - | - |
| SIM Card Holder | - | - | ¥525 | - | - |
- Local Japanese number.
- Reasonable domestic and international calling rates.
- All incoming calls are FREE.
- FREE itemized call statement.
- Telephone number allocation in advance is available upon request when booked 4 working days prior to the rental start date (703SHf).
SHARP 703SHf
¥840 per day
- Web, E-mail, and texting available.
- 3G WCDMA handset.
| Dimensions (WxHxD) | 47 x 99 x 23mm |
|---|---|
| Weight | 107g |
| Talk Time | 150 min. |
| Standby Time | 300 hrs. |
| Features | Voice Calls, SMS, S! Mail(MMS), Global SMS Global MMS, Web, Video Calls |
*2 Please refer to the list for international SMS and international S!Mail service providers(PDF File).
SoftBank 3G SIM Card
*2 SIM cards cannot be delivered via courier as compatibility with customer handsets must be confirmed at our counter prior to rental.
- Rent a 3G handset and roam on the SoftBank 3G network. Simply insert your home GSM SIM card into the phone and utilize your home number in Japan. Please note that your home country's network operator must have a roaming agreement with SoftBank Mobile, and your SIM card must be post-paid.
>> Roaming Partners(PDF) - If necessary, please contact your home network operator prior to leaving for Japan and have your network operator unblock your SIM card for global roaming.
- Call charges will be billed directly to you from your home network operator.
- Nokia roaming handset will be allocated according to stock availability on the rental day.
Nokia
| Dimensions (WxHxD) | 56 x 108 x 21mm |
|---|---|
| Weight | 133 g |
| Talk Time | 190 min. |
| Standby Time | 260 hrs. |
| Dimensions (WxHxD) | 52 x 133 x 25mm |
|---|---|
| Weight | 141 g |
| Talk Time | 190 min. |
| Standby Time | 336 hrs. |
If you make a reservation in advance, you can pick-up your handsets at the following locations:
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Airport Service Counters
- New Chitose Airport / Sapporo (1F SoftBank Global Rental Counte)
- Narita Airport Terminal 1 / Tokyo (1F SoftBank Counter)
- Narita Airport Terminal 2 / Tokyo (B1 SoftBank Counter)
- Central Japan Airport / Nagoya (2F SoftBank Counter)
- Kansai Airport / Osaka (1F SoftBank Global Rental Counter)
- Fukuoka Airport / Fukuoka (1F SoftBank Global Rental Counter)
- All charges are billed directly to your credit card after you return the phone.
- Invoices and itemized bills will be sent to your E-mail address.
Accepted Credit Cards
*We take a pre-authorization of 40,000 yen per handset from your credit card as security for payment. This amount is not debited from your credit card but is reserved for our use, should payment be declined during or after the rental period. However, if you provide us with a debit card then the pre-authorization amount may be deducted from your card at the time of preauthorization.
*Payment is debited from your credit card account against each invoice on a weekly basis.
*Please note that late calls may follow due to time delays with call records between international network operators. You shall receive an invoice for all late calls.
*Remaining validity of your credit card must be 2 months or more at the time of rental.
- Please make a reservation from the booking form of this page at least 2 working days prior to your departure for Japan.
For inquiries, please contact:
SoftBank Global Rental Customer Care
E-mail: sales_cn@softbank-rental.jp
GSM Rentafone Pty Ltd. Japan Branch
M21 Building 5F/6F, 2-2-5 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0032 Japan
