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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;KSorbo, post: 3894997, member: 56370&quot;]I just returned this Thursday from a business trip to Japan.&nbsp; I didn’t have any problems using a card at any stores or restaurants.&nbsp; I paid taxi drivers in cash, not sure if they took plastic.&nbsp; Surprisingly enough, when buying my wife a new watch at Yodobashi Camera I received a 5 percent discount for using a Visa card versus cash, on top of the 10 percent tax free discount for foreign passport holders.</p><p><br /></p><p>There did seem to be more cash in circulation and I noticed a good bit of wear on the one yen coins, much more than on our equivalent US pennies.&nbsp; On one occasion I was paying in cash at a convenience store and tried to give exact change but was one yen short.&nbsp; Unlike almost all similar transactions in the US, the clerk didn’t even offer to make up the difference and gave me 99 yen in change.&nbsp; Maybe that’s just their meticulous business culture at work.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also keep in mind that this was a short trip and [USER=71642]@Stork[/USER] would have much deeper experience with other types of transactions.&nbsp; Needless to say it was the 5 percent Visa discount that surprised me the most.&nbsp; Usually in this country it would be the other way around.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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