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I guess you aren't sight seeing and going restaurants which is mostly what I'm doing while on holiday here. Very few tourist attractions and restaurants take c

I guess you aren't sight seeing and going restaurants which is mostly what I'm doing while on holiday here. Very few tourist attractions and restaurants take card payments.

gergles 10y ago
I have yet to find a restaurant where the ticket would be over ¥1500 per person that does not take cards. Acceptance signs are not everywhere, but nearly everywhere takes cards. Yes, tourist attractions do not, but in many cases you can use an IC card for those. The "Japan is only a cash society" canard should die - do you need cash? Yes, but there is a thriving credit card (and basically ubiquitous IC card) payment ecosystem.
- andy_ppp 10y ago
  As a completely random sample the Italian restaurant I'm in right now is going to cost about 4000¥ each and doesn't take card payments ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
  - hueving 10y ago
    That just means it's authentic Italian. :)
    - andy_ppp 10y ago
      It was fantastic actually :-)
- kalleboo 10y ago
  > Acceptance signs are not everywhere This bears repeating. Lots of places have no card logos anywhere but if you ask if you can pay by card they'll pull up a reader from under the desk