Keitai

Yes! Cell phone successfully obtained. We went to Shinjuku today with Jeff’s friend Yoko and tried various AU shops until we found one with a guy willing to give us the student discounts. I don’t think he was too bright; he had to call someone to figure out the kanji in the kan’s address. So now I’ve got a year plan instead of a prepaid phone. It’s pretty awesome. The ¥1 phone I picked up blows away the phone I paid money for in the States. At the same time, phone plans are surprisingly expensive here. With the discount, it’ll be like ¥3750 a month for 150 free minutes and ¥15 a minute after that. However, text messages are really cheap and far more popular here, so I’ll mostly be doing that.

We also discovered that the Citibank in Shinjuku has 24-hour ATMs that work with American cards. Nice.