Be it at airports, inside trains, at convenience stores or cafes, this app connects you to public Wi-Fi all over Japan.
All you need to do is download the app and register once. No need configure for any Wi-Fi spots!
If it is a Wi-Fi you have connected to even once, then no configuring is required in that Wi-Fi spot! As soon as you get to the Wi-Fi spot, you can use the Internet.
Notifies you via a pop-up message as soon as you are connected to Wi-Fi.
It is lightweight in performance and conserves more battery power compared to our previous apps. You can use public Wi-Fi more easily, comfortably, and with peace of mind.
[Features of Japan Wi-Fi Auto-connect]
The corresponding Wi-Fi service is available at the likes of public transit and facilities at stations, airports, etc., and at trade outlets of convenience and department stores, etc. offering highly reliable public Wi-Fi service. The service will automatically connect you only to those access points that are secure, trustworthy, and from reliable providers.
Does not connect to the so-called "spoofing access points". These Wi-Fi points are disguised as legitimate access points, making it hard for customers using Wi-Fi to detect.
You can view sightseeing information, information regarding shop services, disaster information, etc. relevant to the Wi-Fi service coverage area.
The app now automatically connects to Wi-Fi that supports OpenRoaming.
Supported languages:
Japanese・English・Korean・Chinese (simplified, traditional)・Taiwanese・ Vietnamese・Indonesian・Malay・Tagalog・French・Spanish・German・Italian・Russian・Portuguese
Supported Wi-Fi services：
http://www.ntt-bp.net/jw-auto/ja/list/index.html
Wi-Fi spot map：
https://jw2.cdn.wifi-cloud.jp/map/ja/index.html
Highly recommend for travelers. Very convenient app.
Infrequently useful
obscure_robot
Sometimes the app works, but most free wifi in Japan requires an email login. What is particularly irritating is that the app often wants to update by re-downloading from the AppStore. This is a bad experience because I need the app to connect to WiFi. Cellular downloads take too long. So I have to go back to my hotel or find a public WiFi point with email registration in order to use this.I’ll probably end up deleting this app and just use email registration everywhere. It seems like more trouble than it is worth most of the time.
Developer Response
Thank you for your comment. We apologize for any inconvenience caused. We will make every effort to improve the application based on your feedback.
Works well, when it does
wafulu
Kind of silly you have to set this up prior to connecting to a WiFi it supports. If you connect to one, it tells you to download the app before using the supported WiFi, but it won’t give you internet to actually download the app. Pretty ironic.Other than that, I was able to mostly wonder about Tokyo Station with little issues.
Developer Response
Thank you for your comment. We apologize for any inconvenience caused. We will make every effort to improve the application based on your feedback.
Too much tracking, not enough connecting
Law_Vol
This app claims to provide automatic connections, but fails miserably to actually ever do that. Meanwhile, it requires continuous location tracking in the background. Across 16 days in Japan, it only connected my device to a wifi network on four occasions. At least one of those networks didn’t work at all. Save your privacy, and just use cellular / look for a public hotspot if you need one.
The function has been modified and improved.
Version 4.0.13
The developer, NTT Broadband Platform, Inc., indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
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