The main form of personal communication in Japan is by far email. Mobile phones utilize email instead of SMS in some western countries, as email messages can be longer and contain better content (moving images, web links, etc).
If you are like me, you may want to email a Japanese mobile phone but do not currently own a Japanese phone. To do this you will need to set up an email with Yahoo, or even better Yahoo Japan. Yahoo has its own mobile service in Japan and has the ability to email Japanese phones. That is to say, you can't use your Hotmail address to email Japanese phones. In most cases it wont work, so your best bet is to stick with Yahoo.
Follow the links below to set up an email address:
Yahoo Japan: http://mail.yahoo.co.jp/
(if your Japanese level is not up to standard, you can stick with an English Yahoo address)
Yahoo America: http://mail.yahoo.com/
If you have an iphone or ipod touch, you can also set up these yahoo addresses onto them and you can use the device to email people at internet hotspots all over Japan. Some trains will even have free wireless internet so keep a look out.
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