The passport one happened to my dad. Me and my parents went to a uniqlo store and the purchase was over 5000. My dad showed his Malaysian passport and it worked
Drawing cash from atm in Japan is the worst choice. Use your credit card where possible as it has the best rates (especially if your cc doesn't charge international transaction fee)
I'm also Australian and all AU banks will charge you a conversion fee. We got a WISE card instead, as the rates is really good, even if they charge a small fee you're still better off than withdrawing from your savings card at atm.
You should always have cash as not all places in Japan take cards. And in the event their system is down then have to pay cash.
There is no Best IC card, all work the same which every prefecture you get one from. You get the ic card of the prefecture you're in, PASMO and Suica in Kanto Prefecture like tokyo Chiba , Icoca in Kansai prefecture like osaka and Kyoto. Ic card works all over Japan regardless which one you have so there is no BEST ic card
They are going to stop making the plastic IC cards, and you literally always need to have your passport on you of you're not Japanese, it's the law for foreigners
🤬🤬🤬THE NEW GENERATION OF JAPANESE PEOPLE DONT KNOW THAT THEIR ANCESTORS ARE ALL A PURE EVIL DURING THE HORRIBLE WW2! THEIR PURE EVIL ANCESTORS RAPE, TORTURED, BEHEADED, MASSACRE , MURDER MILLIONS OF MILLIONS OF PILIPINO, ALL ASIAN PEOPLE , AMERICANS AND ALL OTHER NATIONALITIES !!!
Why why why do I need to bother figuring out 23 different travel cards? It’s incredibly annoying. How much do I charge? Where are they valid? Who cares. Just let me use my credit card.
1. No need get 3 IC cards. Some different IC cards interoperated and can be used on most Japan railways. Suica, Pasmo, Icoca, Hayakaken, Sugoca, manaca, nimoca, Toica, Kitaca. Just get one for them.
2. Drawing Japan yen from local ATM is worst choice. The rate is bad and the bank might charge the exchange fee.
3. Tax refund requirement has been increased from 5,000 yen to 5,500 yen.
The queuing system is decent, but as a brit I don't need lines on the floor to tell me who is where in the que. Carrying cash would be something I'd need to get used to – all my cards that don't charge international fees do charge for cash withdrawals though, so it would be a major inconvenience either way and I'd do my best to take a reasonable amount of cash changed in the UK. Needing a Oyster cards style thing seems outdated too – we are spoiled by TfL…
If you're able to get Suica app working on your phone that's probably easier, esp. right now because they suspended sales of new IC cards due to a chip shortage. The app is a digital wallet card and you use your phone just like it were a physical card.
We had trouble getting a foreign (to Japan) credit card working to fund the card but eventually got AmEx to work and it was v convenient for 2 weeks in Japan. Esp. because you can load more cash to the card directly from the wallet without going to a machine.
At least compared to Canada the exchange rate on the ATMs in Japan is much worse than the ones where I convert before travel. There was almost a 5000yen difference for me last time converting 1k CAD in Japan vs Canada…. Feels bad man
NEVER buy a Pasmo, Suica, Icoca or other IC cards. Tourists ALWAYS lose money with those cards, even the 'no-deposit' Suica. If you load that one with 3,000 yen, but you have to lesve suddenly, you will forfeit your 3,000 yen. They will NOT refund your travel fare. Save the hassle and pay cash for your ticket. It takes just as long to stand in line for a ticket as it does to buy an IC card. And, with a physical ticket, you'll never be stuck in a station for having insufficient money on your card. ALL cash machines in Japan charge a service fee, especially in high traffic areas like airports. Exchange your money in your home country at an exchange that does not charge commissions. You will need some yen as soon as you exit the airplane. You should always carry your passport, but it is better and safer to photocopy the picture pages and carry only the photocopy. Have been to Japan more than 20 times.
Japan with the recent release of nuclear contaminated waste water into the ocean ! Please boycott all products and travel to Japan until they stop doing so ! Please stand United to save our Mother Earth 🌍 our Oceans 🌊 !!!
You must have a personal ATM machine, because there’s no such thing as an ATM machine in Japan that doesn’t charge a fee for foreigners. Get your facts straight people are relying on you to give accurate information.😫
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Any good website to book fun places/restaurant in advance? I’m going next month and I wanna see what to do.😢
スイカやパスモを買おうと思ったら
今関東で新規発行してないと言われたよ
ATM withdrawal do charge fees ? 😅
The passport one happened to my dad. Me and my parents went to a uniqlo store and the purchase was over 5000. My dad showed his Malaysian passport and it worked
what rest req reservations?
They didn’t charge you an extra 2-3% for withdrawing money using foreign cards at the ATM?!
Thanks you
Is that more better than suica card?
Drawing cash from atm in Japan is the worst choice.
Use your credit card where possible as it has the best rates (especially if your cc doesn't charge international transaction fee)
I'm also Australian and all AU banks will charge you a conversion fee. We got a WISE card instead, as the rates is really good, even if they charge a small fee you're still better off than withdrawing from your savings card at atm.
You should always have cash as not all places in Japan take cards.
And in the event their system is down then have to pay cash.
I LOVE Japan!!
So you’re suggesting to not carry yen from outside of Japan? We can get it from ATM 7 /11 direct?
There is no Best IC card, all work the same which every prefecture you get one from. You get the ic card of the prefecture you're in, PASMO and Suica in Kanto Prefecture like tokyo Chiba , Icoca in Kansai prefecture like osaka and Kyoto. Ic card works all over Japan regardless which one you have so there is no BEST ic card
They are going to stop making the plastic IC cards, and you literally always need to have your passport on you of you're not Japanese, it's the law for foreigners
ATM work with visa debit card?
🤬🤬🤬THE NEW GENERATION OF JAPANESE PEOPLE DONT KNOW THAT THEIR ANCESTORS ARE ALL A PURE EVIL DURING THE HORRIBLE WW2! THEIR PURE EVIL ANCESTORS RAPE, TORTURED, BEHEADED, MASSACRE , MURDER MILLIONS OF MILLIONS OF PILIPINO, ALL ASIAN PEOPLE , AMERICANS AND ALL OTHER NATIONALITIES !!!
Why why why do I need to bother figuring out 23 different travel cards? It’s incredibly annoying. How much do I charge? Where are they valid? Who cares. Just let me use my credit card.
Cool video, but I love those two men in background on train smiling towards camera 😀
Bro that train looks so clean
Good tips!
Are you from japan?
1. No need get 3 IC cards. Some different IC cards interoperated and can be used on most Japan railways. Suica, Pasmo, Icoca, Hayakaken, Sugoca, manaca, nimoca, Toica, Kitaca. Just get one for them.
2. Drawing Japan yen from local ATM is worst choice. The rate is bad and the bank might charge the exchange fee.
3. Tax refund requirement has been increased from 5,000 yen to 5,500 yen.
The queuing system is decent, but as a brit I don't need lines on the floor to tell me who is where in the que. Carrying cash would be something I'd need to get used to – all my cards that don't charge international fees do charge for cash withdrawals though, so it would be a major inconvenience either way and I'd do my best to take a reasonable amount of cash changed in the UK. Needing a Oyster cards style thing seems outdated too – we are spoiled by TfL…
If you're able to get Suica app working on your phone that's probably easier, esp. right now because they suspended sales of new IC cards due to a chip shortage. The app is a digital wallet card and you use your phone just like it were a physical card.
We had trouble getting a foreign (to Japan) credit card working to fund the card but eventually got AmEx to work and it was v convenient for 2 weeks in Japan. Esp. because you can load more cash to the card directly from the wallet without going to a machine.
Japan still uses cash??
These videos will come in handy when I go to Shibuya in November.
I’m kinda bougie and don’t take public transportation anymore so what’s the best ride share app?
Its suica work in osaka?
At least compared to Canada the exchange rate on the ATMs in Japan is much worse than the ones where I convert before travel. There was almost a 5000yen difference for me last time converting 1k CAD in Japan vs Canada…. Feels bad man
APPLE HAS THE CARDS IN THE WALLET APP
NEVER buy a Pasmo, Suica, Icoca or other IC cards. Tourists ALWAYS lose money with those cards, even the 'no-deposit' Suica.
If you load that one with 3,000 yen, but you have to lesve suddenly, you will forfeit your 3,000 yen. They will NOT refund your travel fare.
Save the hassle and pay cash for your ticket. It takes just as long to stand in line for a ticket as it does to buy an IC card. And, with a physical ticket, you'll never be stuck in a station for having insufficient money on your card.
ALL cash machines in Japan charge a service fee, especially in high traffic areas like airports.
Exchange your money in your home country at an exchange that does not charge commissions.
You will need some yen as soon as you exit the airplane.
You should always carry your passport, but it is better and safer to photocopy the picture pages and carry only the photocopy.
Have been to Japan more than 20 times.
Regarding withdrawing money… I couldn’t disagree more! Japanese banking system is terrible compared to other countries.
You forgot "don't show your tits off in public" at a temple no less.
Japan with the recent release of nuclear contaminated waste water into the ocean ! Please boycott all products and travel to Japan until they stop doing so ! Please stand United to save our Mother Earth 🌍 our Oceans 🌊 !!!
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Tip 6 if your looking for that jausie head to a town near an american military base.
your bank would still charge you for withdrawing though right?
On number 1: IC card sales are 'discontinued indefinitely' apart from the Welcome SUICA for Tourists.
actually good advice
I am looking for job in japan. Is it possible?
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Why did she show a clip of Universal? And the Herry Potter butter beer?
You must have a personal ATM machine, because there’s no such thing as an ATM machine in Japan that doesn’t charge a fee for foreigners.
Get your facts straight people are relying on you to give accurate information.😫
Going to Japan in October anyone want to go with ?