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Warnings Or Dangers: Money problems in Japan.
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It is very frustrating in Japan that cold, hard cash is preffered almost to exclusion of anything else by shops. Even cashing travellers' cheques is a bit of a nightmare. The Japanese Post Office is the saviour of all travellers! The PO is everywhere and they have the only cash dispensing machines that can be reliably accessed with overseas cards. The PO also changes travellers' cheques in most denominations, though sometimes you will have to go to the chief post office in a city, rather than local branches. The cash dispensing machines speak to you in English and even give you a receipt. God bless the Post Office - they always come through!
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To add to the comment about money - if you come from the UK, many of our bank machines are not configured the same as Japanese banks. However, you should be able to extract money from the ATMs at Citibank. | BarbaraForza Sun Feb 6, 2005 08:15 UTC
Japan and its castles...fascinating! I'm thinking of Japan as one in my future travels... | bkoon Tue May 25, 2004 09:24 UTC
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