Opening a bank account and getting a cellphone

Hi everyone!
Like I said on the video description, the video was getting really long, so I had to cut much of it! As I still wanted to share more informations with you all, I'm writing it here!

First, opening a bank account.
There's not much to say as the school help you a lot and all you have to do is to fill the papers! Which is quite a pain because they are really strict on how you have to write them. The bank Akamonkai is affiliated with is The Bank of Tokyo - Mitsubishi UFJ.

I didn't have any problem with it since I basically never use it. I can't tell if it's a good bank or not lol. Although, the service was really nice when I had to close my bank account. Of course, nobody was speaking English (Or they didn't feel like they had to... I don't know), but my Japanese level was enough to understand most of what was happening lol.The lady who close my account was also really sweet. She asked me question about Canada and she was overall really nice. I didn't have any problem with them. But like I said, I never used my bank account so...

In the video, I also tell you that I had to open an bank account with the Japanese post office to get my cellphone. If you want to open a bank account there, I think it's easier than with UFJ, but I think you can't do much. Like you can't transfer money from an account to another before I don't know how many months. (I think it was 1 year). So, it's a bit inconvenient because you have to put cash in it. For example, I don't think you can receive your pay (if you work) directly in there, so you have to get the money and put it yourself which can be a pain :/ Closing this account was also simple, so no problem. (But I guess my Japanese level was not so bad either so)

Getting a cellphone...
You don't know how much I regret going with AU.
Honestly, I really thought that going with the school would be the best because they would help us and everything. Like I said in the video, the person there who was supposed to speak English didn't speak one word of it. And then, again, we had to have our debit card to get our cellphone so we followed the man to the Japanese Post office nearby the school (By the way, we got lost along the way... hahaha)
We opened a bank account and then, went back to the school and then signed the paper, etc. They told us it would be ready after our afternoon class. Which I thought was already long to prepare a cellphone but since they had a lot to prepare, I thought okay.

But at that time, Morning Musume had just release a new single and they were doing a performance at Sunshine City where I wanted to go so badly. But if I wanted to make it, I had to hurry. But I thought "Hey, they were preparing cellphone for 4 hours, it won't take long."

I was so wrong.

So, there were about 30 of us and they put us in a classroom where we first wait, because nothing was ready. I think we waited for at least 20 minutes...

THey finally appeared. They were 3, so I thought okay, they are gonna call us 3 at the time. NO. They called us one at the time and it was soooo slow. I was so pissed off (as most of us were honestly). I remembered being sit on the floor (All the seats were taken) and being so angry at them lol. It honestly seems like there was one of them only doing something and the two others just thanking us.

I finally got my cellphone after an hour in total I think. Of course, I missed the event I wanted to go to...

And then, like I said in my video, I had to go every month to pay my bill even though it was supposed to take the money directly from my bank account. But explaining to them what was wrong was too complicated since my Japanese was bad at that time, it was less complicated to go this way. Byt honestly, I don't recommand AU at all. I've only heard/read bad things and I can confirm. Maybe their service in Japanese is better, but I never felt like they cared about me because I'm a foreigner. They never took the time to try to explain to me in an easier way. They didn't care if I didn't understand. (And I know they have to speak in super polite Japanese and it's not their fault for that but, it's somewhat frustrating when you can't understand.)

Same thing when I had to close my account. It was so long and frustrating. Plus, I got someone who was in training. Poor girl. She was really sweet, but I was probably the worst case for her. It was super complicated for nothing and then, I had to come back after 30 minutes because they couldn't just stop my contract like this it seems... (Just for a comparaison, I stopped my phone contract by phone before going to Japan and it was super simple lol)
So I came back after an hour, and then, wait again just to pay everything. So, I had to pay my monthly bill, the next one, plus the cancellation fees...
In the end, I payed about 30 000 yens just to cancel it... Bye bye money lol

And another thing, I can't use my cellphone in Canada. I asked them to unlock it because I wanted to use it in Canada and they simply said "We can't". Wow, thank you. There's no way to unlock it, so i had to buy another phone when I came to Canada... TT

Honestly, I DON'T recommand AU at all...

I think Softbank is a better option or just get a pocket wifi lol.

Thanks for reading! I hope this was helpful for you all!