Apparently my house is the only pocket of civilization in this part of Tokyo, it's the only place I can get a WiFi signal ...Word. Do you not have any mobile internet connectivity with the Touch? Can't you use WiFi hotspots and such, or aren't they reasonably available?
(I've yet to see one model on the Japanese market that wasn't at heart a POS. They're essentially disposable.)
Actually, that's not entirely true. There's LOTS of WiFi in Tokyo, it's just that 99.9% of it is secured. So yeah - it's pretty hard to find an open network, you just have to keep trying and eventually you'll find one. With 8% signal strength. heh ...
The thing that has really got me pissed at Softbank is that I just broke my phone (my bad, I know) and even with the $5/month insurance, they want me to pay $160 for a new one. So I asked them how much my plastic Sharp 814SH would be without insurance. With a straight face the woman says to me, $690. That's right, seventy thousand yen (about $700USD) for that POS, year old phone. I shudder to think how much they'll try to charge for the iPhone.