Mixi Registration

ConfuseousPrime

I just wanted to pop in and see if anybody knows of a way to get my mom a Mixi account without access to a Japanese cell phone e-mail address. She's a native born Japanese that now lives in Central America and she's having a hard time adjusting. Problem is she's been living out of the country for so long that she doesn't know many people there anymore.

I figured it was kind of a long shot, but I was wondering if there's anybody around that has access to the service and/or knows of a way to get around the protections they have in place and get her an account.

Mixi is basically Facebook for Japanese people, but they are restrictive on who can sign up. My research suggests that it used to be that you could get in with an .edu address, but that method has since been disabled. (I've tried it with a couple of .edu's).

http://mixi.com
http://mixi.co.jp

Thanks in advance.

ceres

Not the "getting around protections" part. We don't do that here and anyone who decides to try to advise on it anyway will have problems.

Anything else is fine, though.

ConfuseousPrime

Apologies. By getting around the system I meant if there's anybody who knows a legitimate way to obtain a Japanese cell phone e-mail address without necessarily having a Japanese cell phone or having one but cheaply.

I know there are companies in the US that provide Japanese cell phones (and service), but that's the US, and she lives south of the border currently. Also, I'm not 100 percent sure that they provide an address that Mixi will accept. I am wondering if anybody has experience with that service and if there are cheap ways to get a phone and or contract with them.

For example, there was one such store that I remember, when I used to live near The City. Now, not so much, I'd have to go up to Chicago to check it out.

http://www.mitsuwa.com/tenpo/newj/eindex.html

Gabriel_Pitt

She doesn't have any friends or family back in Japan who could help her out?

CygnusZ

現在海外からmixiの新規登録が出来ないそうです・・・。
皆さん、ご存知でした？？

外から新規登録が出来ない理由は
登録の際、mixiに対応している携帯からの認証操作が必要だからです。

海外に住んでいて日本の携帯を持っていない人や、日本で携帯を使っていない人は
登録が出来ないということなんですよね。

前はPCだけで登録ができたのに、何でこんな事になっちゃったかというと
「1人で複数のアカウントが登録されるのを防ぐ措置」とのこと。


既に海外に住んでいらっしゃって、mixiに入りたいという方は、
日本の身内で携帯を持っていてもmixiは将来使わないであろう人（私なら母とか。）
に頼むか、一時帰国の際に誰かにお願いするしか無いようです。

Sorry I don't have any better news to tell you.

piratejit

The only way to get a mixi account is to have an e-mail address that you get with a Japanese cell phone.

ConfuseousPrime

Thanks all. Please lock this topic now.