How much Yen can I bring to Japan?

Tipping in Japan

First Day in Japan

Wherever you arrive in Japan, you need to prepare Japanese money at least 5000 Yen. You are comfortable in your mind if you have more than

10,000 - 20,000 Yen. JR train and Taxi were unable to accept any credit cards. The process of credit card takes time. You may want to say I will pay in cash. If you don't have any Japanese money you can't get out the airport.

The airport has an bank to exchange the foreign currencies to Japanese Yen. But it will be tough to find out the such facility at unfamiliar airport taking your heavy luggage.

It is much easier for you to prepare Japanese Yen in your country at your local bank or departing airport using your language!!!!!

If You forget to get Japanese Yen, following facility is available at airport.

Narita International Airport

Hanada Airport (International Terminal)

Kansai International Airport

Chubu (Nagoya) International Airport

Fukuoka Airport (Fukuoka, Fukuoka)

New Chitose Airport (Sapporo, Hokkaido)

General

Yen is used in Japan.
The actual exchange rate from each currency to Yen is worse than this chart.

Foreign Currency	Unit	Yen Value
1 US Dollar	US$	101.93	Yen
1 Canada Dollar	Can$	72.66	Yen
1 Euro	Eur	125.47	Yen
1 UK	Stg	136.18	Yen
1 Swiss	Sfr	106.04	Yen
1 Denmark	Dkr	15.08	Yen
1 Norway	Nkr	11.28	Yen
1 Sweden	SKr	10.35	Yen
1 Australia	A$	71.15	Yen
1 New Zealand	NZ$	67.12	Yen
1 Singapore	S$	73.97	Yen
1 Hong Kong	HK$	10.94	Yen
1 Thai	THB	2.89	Yen
1 Korea	KRW	8.24	Yen

Cash buying base ( reference rate when you buy Japanese Yen. )

Actual buying rates vary at dealers.

As of March 23rd, 2018

To get current rate, please refer to the latest conversion your currency and yen.
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How much yen should I bring to Japan?

How much yen do I need a day?

This is the question everyone wants to know before any action.

It is really tough to find the right budget at a general level.

Are you on business or pleasure? Trip on business may needs much money.

Here are several information about money and it will help you to understand how much yen you need in Japan.

Money Sense

Here is a price table of various items. (excluding Consumption TAX))
You can get some idea about the prices in Japan.
These prices is just reference and there is no limit of price on the most expensive item.

Category	item	spec.	price
Transportation	Train Fare	Tokyo - Kyoto One way by Shinkansen*	13,910
	Train Fare	Narita Express Narita - Tokyo One way*	3,220
	Train Fare	Keisei Skyliner Narita - Nippori - Tokyo One way*	2,630
	Bus Fare	Airport Limousine Tokyo	3,100
	Train Fare	Chubu Airport Airport - Nagoya station*	1,230
	Subway Fare	Minimum*	170
	JR Train Fare	Minimum*	140
	Taxi	Minimum*	730
	Taxi	From Narita Airport to Tokyo*	18,500 - 25,000
Foods	Food	Hamburger McDonald*	100
	Food	Filet-O-Fish McDonald*	270
	Food	Lunch	600-1,000
	Food	Lunch Sushi	1,000-2,000
	Food	Yoshinoya Beef Bawl*	380
	Food	Ramen	600-1000
	Food	Denny's daily special lunch	780
	Food	Cost of Bento	500-1000
	Food	Supper? Dinner??	1000 - 10,000
	Food	Sushi	3000-10.000
Drink	Cola	Vending machine	150 - 200
	Cola	At convenience store	130 - 140
	Mineral Water	At convenience store	100 - 140
	Beer	Canned Beer 350ml	250 - 300
Cigarette	Tobacco	1 package 20 units	400 - 500
Accommodation	Hotel	Hotel Imperial Single Bed / Single person	24,000
	Hotel	Shinagawa Prince Hotel Single room	10,000

Withdraw Japanese Yen at convenience store?

You can withdraw your money in Japanese Yen at Seven Eleven convenience stores.

Seven Eleven and Seven Bank

http://www.sevenbank.co.jp/intlcard/index2.html

- Maximum 100,000 Japanese Yen

- Service hour 0:00 - 24:00

- Location 17500 stores.

picture of SevenBank,You can withdraw Japanese Yen at the convenience stores.

Seven bank is one of the banks which have started the bank business from retailer business. They have over 20,000 ATMs at 17,500 Seven Eleven stores.

You can withdraw Japanese Yen using these ATMs.

Variety of Credit cards (including bank card) :

VISA, Plus, MasterCard, Maestro, Cirrus, AMERICA EXPRESS, JCB, UnionPay, Discover, Dinners Club

Service hour is almost 24 hours.

It would be really helpful and reliable in some case.

You can withdraw maximum 100,000 Yen at the store. Some cards can pay 200,000 Japanese Yen.

The service charge might be applied by your credit card company.

The key is your credit card is ready for the international use. Do you remember 4 digit secret numbers(PIN, Personal Identification Number)?

If you don't have the PIN number on your credit card, it is good to set the numbers before your departure.

Check your credit company first of all whether your card is ready for an usage in foreign countries..

How much Yen can I bring to Japan?

If you want to bring one million Japanese Yen or more than it to Japan with you, you need to declare at custom office.
This regulation is applied to the total amount of cash (total amount of any currencies), travelers check, gold and etc.

Less than this amount you don't need any process.

Tipping

You don't need any tipping for special services.

No tipping for a doorman.
No tipping for a bell captain.
No tipping for a porter.
No tipping for a waiter and a waitress in a restaurant.
No tipping for a taxi.
No tipping for anybody

You are free of warring Tipping in Japan.

Some of the finest restaurant/hotel require service fee
but in this case the service fee is included already in your bill.

Hotel bell person never accept your offer of tip.

In special occasion, you may give some money for the best hospitality for taxi driver or Ryokan maid.

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