Virgin Connect Roam Japan eSIM
8 plans on au and SoftBank. 5 GB for a week from US$10.00. Prices checked .
Is Virgin Connect Roam good for Japan?
Virgin Connect Roam runs on au and SoftBank, strong in all 10 areas on our coverage map, with good 4G at all 28 rural and mountain places. A week with 5 GB costs US$10.00, the 29th cheapest of the 60 providers with a week plan. Review rating 2.2 out of 5 from 34 customer reviews. How we rank Virgin Connect Roam.
Japan plans
| Data | Price | Compare |
|---|---|---|
1 GB 7 days | $4.00 | |
2 GB 15 days | $5.50 | |
3 GB 30 days | $7.00 | |
5 GB 30 days | $10.00 | |
10 GB 30 days | $15.00 | |
20 GB 30 days | $24.00 | |
50 GB 30 days | $49.00 | |
100 GB 30 days | $98.00 |
Virgin Connect Roam speed and data rules
Virgin Connect Roam doesn't say what happens when a plan's full-speed data runs out.
Virgin Connect Roam: “The data packages will expire when the validity period expires.” Source
Virgin Connect Roam ratings from customer reviews
34 reviews: 31 on Google Play and 3 on the App Store, written 28 Feb 2025 to 6 Oct 2026. 0 of them are about a trip to Japan. Each rating needs at least 10 reviews that mention it.
Review rating2.2 out of 5The mean of the ratings below
| Aspect | Rating | Reviews that mention it |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | Not enough reviews | 4 reviews |
| Coverage | 2.2 out of 5 | 17 reviews |
| Setup | Not enough reviews | 8 reviews |
| Support | 2.2 out of 5 | 14 reviews |
| Value | Not enough reviews | 7 reviews |
| App | Not enough reviews | 9 reviews |
| Data problems | 5.9% of reviews | 2 of 34 reviews report one |
| Refund problems | 20.6% of reviews | 7 of 34 reviews report one |
Virgin Connect Roam speed tests in Japan
No published speed tests of Virgin Connect Roam in Japan.
How fast these networks are for their own customers
Ookla's median speeds for people on each network's own plans, H1 2026 unless marked.
KDDI (au)- Download
- 67.85 Mbps
- Time on 5G
- 48.8%
SoftBank- Download
- 73.78 Mbps
- 5G download
- 153.55 Mbps
- Time on 5G
- 41.4%
- Latency
- 45 ms
| Network | Download | 5G download | Time on 5G | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KDDI (au) | 67.85 Mbps | Not published | 48.8% | Not published |
| SoftBank | 73.78 Mbps | 153.55 Mbps | 41.4% | 45 ms |
Sources: Ookla Speedtest Connectivity Report H1 2026 via TelecomLead, 17 Sept 2026.
