Checking map, contacting with people, searching for something, etc. etc.
Internetting is essential, especially you travel abroad.
Japanese 3 major mobile phone companies NTT DoCoMo, au (KDDI), and SoftBank provide the maps, showing how far each company’s frequency reach.
Case 5: Koyasan Okunoin
“高野山の壇上伽藍, 和歌山県高野町” by 663highland is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.5.
Koyasan Okunoin is one of the most tourist spots, which got huge popularity in 2017 at TripAdvisor. You can read over 800 feedback in English to Koyasan Okunoin at TripAdvisor.
Koyasan has provided a great website for the area in multiple languages.
It definitely helpful for travelers: A Guide to KOYASAN
As for connectivity in the area, you need to pay some attention as Koyasan Okunoin is located at the middle of mountains.
According to my research, today, SoftBank is the best. They offers a good network even around the area to some extent. NTT DoCoMo provide good next to that.
On the contrary, among the three, au (KDDI) is the weakest on the area at this point. You might be connected just on the spot, however, you might lost the connectivity if you go even further from it.
Although they are available only in Japanese,
I just put links to network compatibility maps offered by them in one place.
If you want to check it through the links below by yourself, put Japanese “奥の院” into their search windows.
NTT DoCoMo
SoftBank *Hard to search by yourself alone
au (KDDI)
If they can not help you at all, or if you have a specific area to be checked,
feel free to send me an inquiry through the link below or just comment here.
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Good trip starts from good preparation.
Hope your travel in Japan will be memorable.
[Disclaimer]
The contents of this article are from the data taken as of October 22nd, 2017, and each company’s connectivity is changing (mostly improving) monthly.
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