Had the same issue. My Sabadell card got declined at a Kyoto train station vending machine and at a small ramen shop. Worked at a 7-Eleven ATM but not...

I travelled with my partner and we budgeted around ¥6,500 per person per day. We stayed in guesthouses and ate mostly at mid-range spots or local izak...

In Yokohama and Tokyo, most taxis I took had working card terminals and I used my Revolut Visa without problems. One taxi in Nagano had a machine but ...

ANZ card here. Seven Bank at 7-Eleven let me take out ¥100,000 in one shot, and no ATM fee. I had to wait 24 hours for the next big withdrawal because...

Used an AEON Bank ATM inside an AEON Mall in Hiroshima at around 10 PM and it was totally fine. The mall was still closing but there were cleaners and...

Same thing happened to me in Nara - MUFG ATM outside a FamilyMart ate my ICICI Travel Card. It was after hours and there was no staff around. I found ...

Just back from a 2-week Japan trip. I’d say 80 percent of hostels accepted my Maybank Bank debit card or my Revolut Mastercard. But I had an issue at ...

Used my Wise debit card to withdraw cash from a 7-Eleven ATM and loaded up a Pasmo card at Shibuya Station. That Pasmo worked on every metro line I tr...

Used my Sparkasse ForexPlus card at a Japan Post Bank ATM in Kyoto and it gave me the same screen. “Do you want the transaction converted to EUR?” I c...