Re: DC18 - Currency
On 2018-07-18 09:29, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
> On 07/18/2018 02:26 AM, Norbert Preining wrote:
>>> Just find an ATM with the VISA logo.
>> You incredible travel experience seems to never have brought you to such
>> highly civilized countries as Japan ... getting cash here is a pain,
>> still in 2018.
> One of my best friends is a professor in Japan and I'm going to Japan
> to visit him usually twice a year. I think, I mentioned that I had
> no problems so far withdrawing money in Japan using both my Norwegian
> and my German VISA card, usually at 7-11. Even in smaller towns like
> Maebashi or Neyagawa.
But you need to find 7-11. At most major banks in Japan, those cards will NOT work :-)
Anyhow in Japan you pay in the stores with VISA, Mastercard. Oddly never an issue there ;p
Thomas
Also a German (actually in Tokyo right now).
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