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Your Type A and B plugs fit outlets in Japan.
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Your Type A and B plugs fit outlets in Japan, so your chargers plug straight into the wall.
Home is 120V, Japan is 100V. Phone and laptop chargers marked "100-240V" work anywhere. Single-voltage gear like hair dryers and straighteners needs a converter, or a dual-voltage travel version.
Eastern Japan, including Tokyo, runs at 50Hz; western Japan, including Osaka, at 60Hz. It only matters for motors and clocks.
Many Japanese outlets have two equal slots, so a US plug with one wider blade may not go in. An adapter fixes it.
Only for single-voltage gear like some hair tools. Phone and laptop chargers don't need one.
Only for single-voltage gear. Skip it if everything you pack says 100-240V.
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Everything to sort before you fly from Panama.
Small things that make long travel days easier, whichever outlet you end up next to.
Keeps your phone going on travel days. Carry it on; airlines ban power banks from checked bags.
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One dual-voltage charger for phone, laptop and watch, so you need one adapter.
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Hotel outlets are rarely next to the bed. Two metres reaches.
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NEMA 1-15
Used in both Panama and Japan
NEMA 5-15
Used in both Panama and Japan
