Japanese Banks:
They seem to have a completely different system. First of all a friend of mine had to go to 4 banks until one accepted him to open an account. Excuses were that he doesn’t have a stamp with his name, that he’s not long enough in Japan, that he doesn’t have he’s alien registration card yet and so on. Luckily I chose the right bank from the beginning, but it took me about an hour to open an account, I haven’t understand anything and just signed what they gave me. In the end I got a bank booklet and a sheet with all the information like swift code, account number and so on. So I transferred all the money, that I plan to use during the next 4 months from my swiss account. Now the big problem I have now, is that my swiss bank sent the money to
They seem to be very carful with money from abroad, they called another friend today to ask what she’s gonna need the money for, and only then they transferred it, I really hope they will call me soon!
The second thing is, that you can only withdraw from post offices or from foreign banks, international cards don’t work with normal ATMs. When you withdraw with your Japanese card, they have different fees, the only way to get money for free is at your bank during the office hours, when you withdraw outside the office hours at your bank, it costs you about 100 Yen…???
Some rules to take the train:
- be quiet, and watch out the window on the side, where the doors are going to open or slee in whatever position you are
- stand in the line to enter the train, there’s a line with two people in front of each door, first the people exit the train and go through the middle of the line, then the two lines enter the train
- never stand on the right side of the escalator, there you have to walk
- make sure you don’t enter the women’s cabin as a man
- don't lose your ticket, without you don't get out of the station
- don't worry about the correct ticket, just buy a cheap one and adjust the fare before leaving the station
Japanese Food:
- there’s a warm section in each vending machine and also in some supermarkets, so you can get for example corn soup in a can out of the vending machine
- looks always exactly like the wax version you have in front of each restaurant and it's always really nicely arranged. Some examples:
- sweets and salads are delicious!
- Is quite cheap to buy on the streets, you easily get a meal for under 1000 yen and the best is, that tap water and tea are always included
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