{"id":10471,"date":"2018-11-20T07:44:18","date_gmt":"2018-11-20T12:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mobal.com\/blog\/?p=10471"},"modified":"2025-06-19T10:45:45","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T14:45:45","slug":"best-travel-app-for-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mobal.com\/blog\/japan-travel-guide\/best-travel-app-for-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Travel App for Japan!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">There are lots of travel apps available for Japan \u2013 all claiming to be the best.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re recommending just one \u2013 the<strong> Softbank Japan2Go!<\/strong> App.<\/p>\n<p>This app is great for finding your way around \u2013 it gives you detailed travel and transport info with tourist tips on what to see &#8211; and the best places to eat and drink.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, you get free access to Softbank\u2019s <strong>400,000 WiFi hotspots<\/strong> \u2013 so you can supplement your data allowance on your Mobal SIM.<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\">We consider this app to be ESSENTIAL for your trip to Japan!<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Cute bonus feature\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The app includes a typical Japanese feature that allows you to take photos with on-screen cute characters, samurai warriors, etc. \u2013 and share on social media.\u00a0\u00a0Very geeky \u2013 but actually pretty cool!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Download the app now:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=jp.co.softbank.j2g.omotenashiIoT\"><strong>Download for Android devices<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/japan2go\/id1142142260\"><strong>Download for iOS devices<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are lots of travel apps available for Japan \u2013 all claiming to be the best. We\u2019re recommending just one \u2013 the Softbank Japan2Go! App. This app is great for finding your way around \u2013 it gives you detailed travel and transport info with tourist tips on what to see &#8211; and the best places to eat and drink. Plus, you get free access to Softbank\u2019s 400,000 WiFi hotspots \u2013 so you can supplement your data allowance on your Mobal SIM. We consider this app to be ESSENTIAL for your trip to Japan! Cute bonus feature\u2026 The app includes a typical Japanese feature that allows you to take photos with on-screen cute characters, samurai warriors, etc. \u2013 and share on social media.\u00a0\u00a0Very geeky \u2013 but actually pretty cool! Download the app now: Download for Android devices\u00a0 Download for iOS devices\u00a0 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[240],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-japan-travel-guide"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Best Travel App for Japan! -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"There are lots of travel apps available for Japan \u2013 all claiming to be the best. 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