Before Japan Trip, Prepare Digitally
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•Before you go to Japan, here's how to get your smartphone ready
66% Informative
These picks for useful smartphone apps are based on my experience traveling to Tokyo and Osaka in early November .
Set up an eSIM on your phone is potentially the most important piece of digital preparation you can do.
A Suica card can be used to board many (but not all) of the public transport options in Japan .
ChatGPT ( Android , iOS) is a popular and solid pick for language translation and basic communication.
Google Maps shows you the names for the train stations in Tokyo and Osaka .
The Line app is the most popular messaging platform in Japan .
The Go Taxi app shows you a price estimate for how much the trip could cost.
Google Lens is available via the general Google app on iOS and in a stand-alone app for Android .
It lets you point your camera at a bit of Japanese text and see it translated into English on your screen.
When I tested out Google Lens on a few restaurant menus, things got a bit dicey.
VR Score
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Informative language
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Neutral language
45
Article tone
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Offensive language
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Hate speech
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Attention-grabbing headline
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Known propaganda techniques
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Time-value
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External references
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Source diversity
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