Re: [76attendees] credit card problems

[Rodney Van Meter <[e-mail]>]

FWIW, I just had a report from another attendee than none of his  
credit cards would work to buy his shinkansen ticket from Tokyo to  
Hiroshima.

I can't stress enough that, although the situation is improving,  
credit cards are still MUCH less common here than in most of the rest  
of the world, and even places that nominally take them, you should be  
prepared for foreign cards to fail.  (i.e., have Japanese cash on  
hand, and/or a backup plan.)

		--Rod