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2-16-15 Doshin, Kita-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, 530-0035, Japan
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I'm planning on visiting Osaka for a week in Mid-March 2010. I was just gonna use my Nationwide debit card for everything, and only bring a little bit of Yen with me for safety reasons. I'm a bit worried right now. Can I use a foreign card in most places? Do I need to exchange enough Yen to cover the whole trip before I leave home?
Many thanks,
Jasmine
As I always say, Japan is one of the safest countries as I know in the world. Although credit cards are getting more popularity it still is a cash base society.
I had a very hard time to find ATM for Bank of America (I couldn't find any in Tokyo). I could use US debit (VISA) and Master Card at stores and restaurants. I always exchange some money at Narita or in your case maybe Kansai AP. You will need some cash for sure.
Japan Post is the largest bank in Japan and the only one where you can consistently guarantee that you can use your bank card from your home country to withdraw money from your bank account. By the way, they do mail there too. There are a lot of post offices around and every one I ever visited had an ATM. The only issue is that some of them were inside the post office itself and could not be accessed outside of working hours.
Absolutely correct in saying that Japan is still very much a cash society. This means that large chains - stores and hotels, will take credit cards, but a lot of the smaller restaurants and shops still cash only. Yes, the Japanese do still carry around large quantities of cash in their wallets and purses. It is one of the safest countries you are likely to visit (i.e. safer than your home country). I would suggest you will want to bring at least 20 000 Yen with you.
we were traveling in July 2008 and never had a problem using an ATM on the post office, even in the most remote villages. All ATM on the post office take international cards like VISA and MAsterCard and they have an option for English language.
We arrived to Japan without any cash and first withdrew some Yen on the airport, after that we used only the Post Office. We paid in few bigger hotels for our room using card. We always asked if we could pay with the card, this way we did not have to look for the post office.
Thank you, guys
I was in Osaka just for one day, coming from Kyoto on a day-trip, so I visited only the Osaka-Jo and the Umeda Sky Bulding and I recommend not to miss them. Like any other japanese city Osaka is very busy, some guide books say that it is the busyest one.
What on the map seemed a little shrine on our way to the ***ennoji turned out to be on of the largest cemetries we encountered.
So if you are interested in burial culture it is a nice of the beathen path cemetry. There were only some relatives cleaning graves.
Besides the old and new tombstones there also was a modern glas structure enclosing the ground where urns were layed to rest.
The Ikutama Shrine can be found south of the Sennichimae Between Nippombashi and Uehonmachi station.
Are you a woman travelling alone?
No problem in Osaka, during the really crowded hours there are women only boarding points.
These boardingpoints are clearly marked on the floors of the stations.
One thing about Japan that struck me was the absolutely beautiful architecture. The country seems to have decided that they'd only build cool looking buildings.
The Umeda Tower is exactly that - it looks awesome fron the bottom or the top. The building itself is located along some cool scenery. The park around it has a water fall in which the water goes UP! That's tryely Japanese :)
To get to the sky deck you must go to the third floor of the east Umeda sky building. It cost about 700 yen which takes you to the 39th floor,. From there you cross the span between the two buildings and reach the sky deck from which you can see Osaka 360-degrees.
It's an awesome place to visit for the view alone. If you are into cool buildings then you'll like this one. The surrounding area is also cool.
This park is mostly for young families. There are so many little kiddies running around here! What the kids love are the ankle-deep play-pools that look like rivers and waterfalls, except on a very shallow scale. There's also a stage in the center of the park for live entertainment, usually very loud and energetic singing and dancing by young men or women.
Please don't go to the Tennoji-Koen zoo. It is a miserable place for the animals. Smelly, cramped, and crowded with people.
The penguins had a small outdoor cage with blue and white colored plastic as fake Ice, and warm water that was only paddle-deep. Please choose not to support this place.
The good things about the zoo? Well,...we had fun making our own candy-floss! And we saw Flamengos for the first time.
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