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The part where it said that cards can be widely accepted made me chuckle. Don't fall for it, cards wouldn't be accepted in most places where you'd go, and in ha
by jesterson 4y ago
The part where it said that cards can be widely accepted made me chuckle. Don't fall for it, cards wouldn't be accepted in most places where you'd go, and in half of those places your card wouldn't be working because it wasn't issued in Japan.
The only place where card would be almost guaranteed to be accepted is konbini. Everywhere else it would be better to rely on cash. Especially if it is inaka
- rtpg 4y agoThis has changed immensely in the past 4 years. Night and day. I would not recommend going card only (and lots of restaurants will be cash only for lunch) but honestly at this point my cash spending in face to face transactions has plummeted immensely. Though for countryside stuff… I feel like PayPay has a lot more success than cards
- jesterson 4y agoPerhaps we have different patterns of spending, but I have not noticed it at all. PayPay seems to be quite ubiquitous tho. Going card only would not get you anywhere. Suica/Pasmo is more accepted than visa/mc/jcb. 60% of my transactions by volume is genkin, 20% pasmo, 20% visa/mc.