Book · $17
Book a phone-only restaurant
Many local favourites only take bookings by phone, in Japanese. We call and book a table in your name.
No Japanese phone number? Use ours.
Many restaurants, clinics, salons and couriers in Japan ask for a local phone number before they'll confirm a booking. With Call Japan's Book plan ($17), we make the booking for you and give our Japanese number as the contact. Any callback comes to us, and we pass it to you on WhatsApp in English.
Book · $17No result? Full refund.
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How it works for bookings that need a Japanese number
- 1
Tell us what you'd like to book (a restaurant, clinic, salon, redelivery or anything else) and the details you'd normally type into the form.
- 2
We call in Japanese, make the booking in your name, and give our Japanese phone number as the contact.
- 3
You get the confirmation on WhatsApp. If the business calls back to confirm, change or ask something, we answer and pass it on to you in English.
What to send us
- What you'd like to book and the business's name, link or phone number
- Date and time, plus a backup if you have one
- The name for the booking
- Anything the business is likely to ask (party size, allergies, parcel tracking number)
Hi Call Japan! I need to book somewhere that wants a Japanese phone number (BOOK $17). What to book: Business name + link or phone: Date and time (+ backup): Name for the booking: Anything else they should know:
What you get back
Customer:
The salon's online form needs a Japanese phone number and I only have a UK one. Can you book a cut for Saturday afternoon?
Call Japan:
Sure, we'll call them and put our number down as your contact.
Call Japan:
Booked Saturday 2:30pm, women's cut, under Jones. If they need to reach you, they'll call us and we'll message you here.
Which plan do I need?
- BookMost requests
$17per request
Needs a booking, a name or a Japanese phone number
One booking made in your name, with our Japanese number as the contact for it.
- Handle
$29per case
Needs several calls, callbacks or businesses
Bookings with lots of back-and-forth, or several places to try.
Not sure? Ask us, it's free. We confirm the plan before you pay. Compare all plans
Good to know
Why businesses ask for a Japanese number
It's rarely about checking who you are. Businesses want a number they can actually call if you're late, if they need to confirm details, or if something changes, a sold-out course, a closed day, a doctor running behind. Overseas numbers are often expensive or awkward for them to call, so many forms simply won't accept one.
Where this helps most
Phone-only restaurants, clinic appointments, courier redelivery, luggage forwarding and bulky waste pickup are the bookings where a local number matters most. Each has its own page below with more detail.
Your personal number stays private
We give our number, not yours. We don't share your personal phone number with the business unless you ask us to, for example, if a courier needs to reach you on the day of delivery.
Callbacks are part of the booking
If the business calls back about a booking we made, we answer and pass it on, whether that's later the same day or weeks later. You don't need to be reachable on a Japanese number at all.
What we can't do
- Our number covers bookings we make for you. You can't put it on your own online bookings, forms or accounts.
- We always tell the business we're calling on your behalf, we never pretend to be you.
- We can't receive SMS verification codes for your accounts or sign up for services in your name.
- We can't be your contact number for visas, bank accounts, phone contracts or anything that needs ID.
Questions
Yes, always. We explain that we're a call service booking on behalf of a guest who doesn't speak Japanese. Businesses in Japan are generally comfortable with this, it saves them a difficult phone call too.
That's included for that booking. If the restaurant, clinic or courier calls us about it, we pass the message to you on WhatsApp, whenever it comes.
No. We can only be the contact for bookings we make for you, because we need to know what the business is calling about. If you've found a form that needs a Japanese number, send us the details and we'll book it instead.
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We book your cut, colour or shave and pass on what you'd like done.
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Book bulky waste collection (sodai gomi)
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No result? Full refund.
Ready? Send us your bookings that need a Japanese number request.
Message us in English on WhatsApp. We confirm the plan before you pay, and if there's no result, you get a full refund.
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No WhatsApp? Email hello@calljapan.jp