Re: [94attendees] walking-around cash suggestion?

["Rodriguez, Iben" <[e-mail]>]

And double thus if you take taxi everywhere and eat at "fancier" places or with a larger group that's going from place to place.

Having been at Openstack Summit in Tokyo this week some days are close 20000 while others are almost nothing if we eat in the conference and there is social event on site.

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I b e n


> On Oct 30, 2015, at 11:27, Taiji Kimura <[e-mail]> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> In my rough expectation in Yokohama is under 10,000 yen/day
> for a day having dinner in ordinal restaurant.
>
>  For bus or train:
>   - Approximately 3,000 charged SUICA/PASMO card will be
>     good for a week if you use bus or train everyday.
>
>   ## SUICA or PASMO can be used in convenient stores such as
>   ## Lawson, Thanks, Seven-Eleven, FamilyMart etc.
>
>  For lunch:
>   - Over 2,000 yen for lunch in hotels, restaurants
>     near the venue or Yokohama Chinatown.
>   - 1,000 yen for a set in ordinary restaurant or
>     buying something to go in a market.
>
>  For drinks:
>   - From 300 to 600 yen in starbucks
>   - 120 yen with many of vending machines
>
>  For dinner:
>   - Over 2,000 yen even when you do not drink alcohol in
>     restaurant.
>   - Approximately 5,000 (per person) for dinner in ordinal
>     restaurant with alcohol.
>
> -- kimura taiji
>
>> On 2015/10/30 9:50, Rafik Dammak wrote:
>>
>> Hi Michael,
>>
>> it depends on how you spend that  and how long are you staying since as
>> explained on other threads you can use your credit card in several places(I
>> am not aware of specific issue for foreign CC usage in Japan)
>> Japan is still a society using cash widely, large amount is not uncommon and
>> kind of safe to do so.
>> the sum suggested by Randy seems safe.
>>
>> Rafik
>>
>> 2015-10-30 8:58 GMT+09:00 Michael Graff <[e-mail]
>> <mailto:[e-mail]>>:
>>
>>    Without looking like a target…  Does anyone have any suggestion on how
>>    much cash I want to keep on hand while in Japan?  In the US I’d use card
>>    for almost everything.  Suggestions on cash vs the magic cash-like card
>>    values appreciated.
>>
>>    —Michael
>>
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