so back from my trip and the bold worked great. The only thing that I noticed same with my 8800 is that to dial within the area I had to dial all the numbers. I couldn't use my address book.

Maybe an easy solution but no big deal for me.

Also I had the data off when roaming turned on. Didn't get charged for any data and used wifi when necessary. However in Japan most places charge and I couldn't find many free hotspots.

This might help anyone traveling to Japan and if there are any questions please let me know. Thanks.