How to: Change/Hide Your IP Address
IP address is an identifier for a computer or device on a TCP/IP network. Networks using the TCP/IP protocol route messages based on the IP address of the destination. Learn how to change or hide your IP address for bypassing websites or proxies that may have your IP address blocked or for the purpose of browsing the web anonymously.
Go to http://whatismyipaddress.com to check your current IP address.

How to: Change/Hide Your IP Address
So to change your IP address, you need a software called Tor to get the job done. Go to https://www.torproject.org, download and install. It will also install a Firefox Add-on to your Firefox.

Click install now and restart your Firefox. Tor will try to connect you to the Tor network. Once connected you can click the Hide button.

Once the installation is complete, you will see two new icons at the bottom right task bar.

Now on your Firefox right bottom corner you will see Tor Disabled.

Click Tor Disabled to enable. If it prompt warning for your Timezone, just click Ok.

Now your have enable your Tor, go to http://whatismyipaddress.com again to check your IP address(see image below for result).

See, i am from Singapore but my IP address change to France. Cool huh? Try it.
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I don’t exactly want to hide my IP, but I want to make it appear as being within Japan. Does your software let me do that? Aside from that, I don’t think I will check back on this website, so please email me with the answer.
The most common method to hide your IP address is to use a proxy server in one form or another. A proxy server is a computer network service to allow client to make indirect connection to other network services. The proxy provides the resource either by connecting to the specified server or by serving it from a cache. In these ways we can hide our IP address or by installing software call hide my IP address.
This blog is very useful to technical students for their reference.
You will do it when some site you wish to go blocked you
Interesting topic.
As of now, I’ve no reason yet to change or hide my IP. If in case, I’d do it. He he he . . .