Buy a prepaid phone from SoftBank online shop

Finally, I got my phone and completed the setting.

Actually, I do not even speak Japanese.

In most situations, I used the google translator to translate SoftBank's web...

There are some conditions here for the people who would like to buy a prepaid phone.

If you would like to a prepaid phone in Japan, you have to satisfy some conditions as follows:

1. You have your own resident card.
2. The resident card have filled out your residence address.
3. Find a SoftBank shop that sells prepaid phone and prepaid sim card OR buy them form SoftBank online shop. (
1. If you want to only buy a prepaid sim card, you have already had a SoftBank Phone, which had not contracted currently.
2. Most of the SoftBank shops do not sell the prepaid phone.
3. Most of the SoftBank shops do not provide English service.
4. If you are like me bought the phone from online shop, you have to carefully fill out your order information.
1. Your residence address in the order have to identical to the address in your resident card. Any different is not allowed. If any different here, SoftBank will ask you to contact him by using a call for checking your information (some people told me they provided English in their toll-free number).
2. You have to use a credit card for payment.
3. You have also to upload or mail a copy of your resident card (two sides) and your passport.
5. After you gotten your prepaid phone, you have to activate your prepaid sim card. Otherwise, the prepaid sim card will be out of service. 
1. There is the address for activating prepaid sim card: http://online-shop.mb.softbank.jp/ols/html/manual/explanation/setting_pri.html.
2. In the process, you have to fill out the application number, your email, and a password (4 numbers set by you)
6. Finally, you can login SoftBank web site to register your phone.
7. You can use your credit card to recharge: http://mb.softbank.jp/en/prepaid_service/recharge/credit_card.html 


1. You can also check the expired time and balance in the web side. It is very important to me because I do not understand what they say in the 1400 call.
   
   
   

Finally, I apologize for my bad English.