Hi everyone,
I'm looking to travel to Japan soon for 3 weeks and I heard Japan still largely operates with cash. We have already paid for our accommodation and flights and are budgeting $150 AUD/day for food and activities.
From my understanding, most city establishments should accept card, however we will be traveling to smaller towns which will only take cash. For recent travelers to Japan, is this still the case?
In regards to cash, I found Smoney.com.au to have the best cash exchange rates but very few reviews on it so I'm quite skeptical. Would anyone have personal experience with Smoney? If I were to bring AUD cash to Japan, are the rates better there or should I get all my JPY cash in Australia before I go?
I do have a Wise card that I will be using for some payment, but I'd like to secure cash as well.
Many thanks for your help.
I have been to Japan in April for 21 days and I would say you don't really need large amount of cash (I brought 5k aud for family of 4 for spending and everything else had been prepaid). I exchanged unitedcurrency in Melbourne which they have cash ready for me within 4 days). Hope it help