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Cheap international calls to and from Japan
Japan calling cards
This page explains the cheapest ways to make phone calls to and from Japan.
If you simply want a cheap rate on a calling card to make calls to Japan, use
the calling card search box below.
(Check out the details for each of
the cards offered by Noblecom. Our recommendation is to buy the calling
cards that give you fewer minutes. This might not make sense initially, but you
may want to do this because the calling cards that give you less minutes will
round your call to the nearest minute or second. The calling cards with
more minutes will round your call to the nearest 2 minutes or nearest 3 minutes.
In our Noblecom usage experience, the calling cards that cost more per minute
actually end up giving you more time on the card, because of this per minute/per
second rounding.)
Calling instructions for calls to Japan
The Prefix, or
calling code, or routing number, or country code (this goes by many names)
for calling Japan, is +81.
City codes for
calling Japan include:
- Aichi 562
- Akita 188
- Amagasaki 6
- Chiba 472
- Chuoko 3
- Fuchu 423
- Fukuoka 92
- Gifu 582
- Hiroshima 82
- Kagoshima 992
- Kanagawa 44
- Kawasaki 44
- Kobe 78
- Kochi 888
- Kyoto 75
- Mitatoku Tokyo 3
- Miyazaki 985
- Nagasaki 958
- Nagoya 52
- Naha (Okinawa) 988
- Niigata 25
- Nishinomiya 798
- Okayama 862
- Osaka 6
- Saitamatan 48
- Sapporo 11
- Sasebo 956
- Sendai 22
- Tachikawa 425
- Takamatsu 878
- Tokyo 3
- Toyama 764
- Toyota 565
- Yokohama 45
- Yokosuka 468
So, to make a phone call
direct
to Japan from America,
you dial 011 + 81 + (CITY CODE) + (NUMBER)
But don't call Japan direct
unless you want to spend a lot of money. Use a calling card or a prepaid phone service instead.
Prepaid Phone Service
If you're willing to have prepaid phone service,
EnjoyPrepaid.com will offer you
cheaper rates to Japan than many phone card and calling card companies, and
you won't have to dial a PIN number. This includes calls
to LAN phone lines and Japan cell phones
Other calling cards
Some great phone cards for calling from Japan to the USA can also be found
through CallingAdvice.com's
calling card search. | 
