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Phone posted:a coin purse? Yeah, but one that won't be bulky. I hate having huge pockets. I try to keep my wallet to just the essential couple of cards/IDs. Looking for what you all use/recommend.
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Nanigans posted:Yeah, but one that won't be bulky. I hate having huge pockets. I try to keep my wallet to just the essential couple of cards/IDs. Looking for what you all use/recommend. Get a coin purse. You will amass coins. On my trip I had my wallet with just the essential cards/IDs like you but I also had a coin purse and I would've been hosed if I didn't have one with me. Otherwise, enjoy having loose coins in your pocket. A lot of loose coins.
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Mar 24, 2019 17:34
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Nanigans posted:What's recommended for carrying loose yen coins if you don't want them rattling around in your pockets/don't want to carry a purse or fanny pack or something? So I decided to go Miyajima, which is what people call Itsukushima because of the shrine there. So to carry my coins I used a drawstring pouch tied to my belt, which was the style at the time. Now to take the ferry cost ¥100, and when I was there ¥100 coins had pictures of cherry blossoms on them. "gimme ten flowers for a Fujisan," you'd say. Anyways, I wanted to pet some deer, and I heard that there are deer at Miyajima, which is Japanese for "Shrine Island". Being an island you need to take the ferry, so I took some coins with me in the drawstring pouch that I tied to my belt, because it was the style at the time.
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Coxswain Balls posted:So I decided to go Miyajima, which is what people call Itsukushima because of the shrine there. So to carry my coins I used a drawstring pouch tied to my belt, which was the style at the time. Now to take the ferry cost ¥100, and when I was there ¥100 coins had pictures of cherry blossoms on them. "gimme ten flowers for a Fujisan," you'd say. Anyways, I wanted to pet some deer, and I heard that there are deer at Miyajima, which is Japanese for "Shrine Island". Being an island you need to take the ferry, so I took some coins with me in the drawstring pouch that I tied to my belt, because it was the style at the time. 
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Mar 24, 2019 18:11
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We had to call them shitposts because the daimyo stole our word for useless (That was a funny shitpost tho)
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Mar 24, 2019 18:27
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gently caress u guys, I'm just getting this
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Mar 24, 2019 18:29
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😑 That's what I get for trying to be helpful.
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Mar 24, 2019 18:38
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just go to a 100 yen shop and pick one up
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Mar 24, 2019 18:44
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Aight. Those both look good. Thanks!
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Mar 24, 2019 18:47
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DiscoJ posted:Just a heads up, but it seems Google recently stopped working with Zenrin, a large Japanese mapping company, and have switched to some kind of (propietary?) big data-supported system. do you have an alternative recommendation then?
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no, they just need to work out the kinks.Already Bored posted:1. How have people found driving in Japan? We've thought about renting a car as a way to see more of the countryside, specifically from Tokyo to the House of Light in Tokomachi and then down to Ishakawa. Go for it, but try not renting in Tokyo if it's your first time and you're not used to driving out of a big city.
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Nanigans posted:Yeah, but one that won't be bulky. I hate having huge pockets. I try to keep my wallet to just the essential couple of cards/IDs. Looking for what you all use/recommend. I carry my bifold wallet with cash/essential IDs and cards, and then a coin wallet which carries point cards as well as coins. Once you start adding up what becomes a “mandatory” must-carry item, it’s easy to understand why most people carry some kind of backpack/shoulder bag/messenger bag/man purse.
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harperdc posted:I carry my bifold wallet with cash/essential IDs and cards, and then a coin wallet which carries point cards as well as coins. Yeah, but I heard backpacks are a big no-no for crowded trains. I need to look into messenger bags.
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Mar 24, 2019 22:59
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DiscoJ posted:Just a heads up, but it seems Google recently stopped working with Zenrin, a large Japanese mapping company, and have switched to some kind of (propietary?) big data-supported system. Please tell me who to send my resume to because I enjoy editing Google Maps and would be interested in paid editing/monitoring.
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Nanigans posted:Yeah, but I heard backpacks are a big no-no for crowded trains. Messenger bags are way more convenient yes. But as long as you don’t actually wear your backpack in the train and take too much space like a dork you should be fine. (Take it off and carry it)
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Mar 24, 2019 23:36
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The best wallet I've ever used in Japan: a makeup pouch for maxi pads?
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Nanigans posted:Yeah, but I heard backpacks are a big no-no for crowded trains. Backpacks are fine, just put it on the ground between your feet (tuck in the straps) or carry it or put it in the overhead racks. Nobody cares as long as you don't wear it on your back while standing in the train in a crowd.
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Backpacks became popular among younger workers a couple years ago, and they were way too slow to enforce etiquette about it. So basically trains are steadily filling with young men who no longer even pretend to give a gently caress if they are crushing you with their giant backpack. They’d have to move their eyes away from their phone screen to acknowledge your existence anyway.
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Mar 24, 2019 23:48
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Coxswain Balls posted:😑 That's what I get for trying to be helpful. nice dicebag nerd
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Mar 24, 2019 23:59
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Mar 25, 2019 00:35
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I bought a lil coin purse from an unattended stall in a Kyoto alley for a hundred yen. It was a highly weeb way to carry my weebcoins.
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Mar 25, 2019 00:39
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Nanigans posted:Basically, what do guys in Japan do with their yen coins? spend them on cigs
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Mar 25, 2019 00:42
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All the cool kids have one of these:
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Mar 25, 2019 04:59
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I put my yen in my rear end
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Mar 25, 2019 05:13
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I just keep my change in my wallet. Just manage your change and use it to round things off as you pay and you should never have more than a few coins.
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LimburgLimbo posted:I just keep my change in my wallet. Just manage your change and use it to round things off as you pay and you should never have more than a few coins. this, its extremely easy to do once you get into the habit if you ever have more than 4 1, 10 or 100en coins, you have failed
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Mar 25, 2019 06:13
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Despite doing my best to make use of change I still have a box of like a hundred coins left over from my trips. Mostly 1 yen.
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Mar 25, 2019 07:39
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1 and 5 yen coins go to the donation boxes at temples imo
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Mar 25, 2019 07:43
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BB2K posted:this, its extremely easy to do once you get into the habit Can't wait to fail so, so hard at this.
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Mar 25, 2019 11:27
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One of the store owners in Harajuku took pity on me having a mountain of tiny yen, so he traded me the mountain for regular bills and 1000 coins. Nice guy.
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Mar 25, 2019 11:54
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Look at these losers who don't have a drawer at home filled with dumb coins from places you go that you'll never use and aren't worth enough so you'll "forget" them the next time you move.
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Mar 25, 2019 13:00
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Mr. Fix It posted:All the cool kids have one of these: I’ll be made fun of for this (as is correct) but that looks awesome.
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Mar 25, 2019 13:16
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If you end up with too many, put them into a vending machine.
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I’m considering skipping Asakusa in favor of going whole temple hog in Kyoto, just cause Asakusa is apparently super crowded. (We’ll prolly just walk by and look inside.) I do wanna visit smaller, more out-of-the-way shrines, though. What are some good lesser-known places that people know of in the Tokyo area?
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Guy Axlerod posted:If you end up with too many, put them into a vending machine. No 1 or 5 coins 
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Holding up the line at 7/11 trying to find the exact coins you need so you don't get even more change
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That's why I spend all my change on snacks and alcohol at 3am when there are no lines 
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last time i was there 711 had little donation containers at the register they encouraged you to drop 1s and 5 into as well though it was right after the awful floods and mudslides, so that might've been the entire reason for that
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The speedy and respectful counting of change at checkout is a conbini past-time.
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Was always nice on the rare occasion to find a subway machine that let you recharge your Suica an arbitrary amount rather than one of the set ones, dump in all your change and go. I don't understand why most of the machines only accept specific amounts.
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