What buttons to push?
You’re at home and suddenly you received an email that your pet goldfish, Desdemona, has died. Clutched by sadness, shock and a morbid sense of indulgence, you’ve decided to call home and “speak” to its body before it’s final flush down the toilet. Thing is, you just arrived in Japan and you have no bloody idea how to use the phone or what buttons to push. So what do you do? Every second counts because in the hot Saharian weather where your fish lives, it wouldn’t be long that Desdemona, may gott bless his/her soul (cos you weren’t sure of it’s sex), becomes a dried up crust.
To call from Japan to an Int’l destination:
1. You need to dial the access code of 010, first.
2. Followed by the country code you’re calling: Very useful list here.
3. If your country code starts with a “0″, drop it and dial the rest of the code + your phone number (including its area code).
Other options, buy a phone card for cheaper rates or register for an international calling program if you have more than one pet fish.
To call within Japan (landline to landline; cellphone to landline; landline to cellphone):
1. If you live in the same area, you may omit the area code. Although if you dialed the area code in, you’ll still get connected.
2. With a cellphone, you’ll have to dial the area code in. If you’re calling a cellphone you’ll have to dial the cell number’s area code in.
3. Cellphones cannot call tollfree numbers ( numbers that starts with 0120), you’ll have to use a landline for that.
To call Japan from abroad:
1. Dial Japan’s International access code first ( there are three options, try ALL of them till it works: 00, 011, 0011)
2. Then dial Japan’s country code (81)
3. If the number you want to reach starts with a “0″, omit it and dial the rest of the numbers.
For more information of the various calls and call back services, go here.
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