Last Updated: Mar 2, 2025

Tokyo Free Wi-Fi

Getting Online in Japan’s Capital City

This story was originally published on donnykimball.com and has been syndicated here on Medium.

When I originally started creating content back in 2016, one of the most common questions that I got was about online connectivity in Japan. At the time, even in Tokyo, I didn’t really have a good answer. Sure, there were a number of free Wi-Fi hotspots strewn around the city, but the service could have been a lot faster, and there was often a crippling time limit on the duration that you could connect. As a result, I often recommended that travelers to Japan procure an international travel SIM card or pocket Wi-Fi device from one of the various companies providing them so that they would not be tethered to a café or hotel.

While some of the local governments in the prefectures still have a lot of work to do, Japan has come a long way when it comes to providing a free Wi-Fi service to travelers. Nowadays in Tokyo, you can find convenient connections in airports, stores, and train stations, as well as at popular attractions, and there is often even metro free Wi-Fi service too. While such an offer might come as expected in a bustling part of Tokyo like Shinjuku Station, you can actually get online at a number of different locations all around the Tokyo metropolitan area!