Change

[robinyukiko]

Getting rid of spare change can take some serious planning. For a cash-based society, it's amazing how much cash is coins. In America, one might use a $1 bill for a soda. But in Japan, using the smallest ¥1000* bill results in a weighty wallet, jingling profusely

Comments

[amazing_angela]

It is definitely easy to accumulate a ton of change here, too. We have a piggy bank for all the 10 dram coins (about 3 cents) and Nathan is in charge of putting them all in. As for the rest, we throw them in a jar and use them for when we need to run to the corner store for a loaf of bread or something small.

[spellbound44]

I never had a problem managing change in Japan. I carried it around with me in my change purse and used it whenever I needed to. 1 yen pieces I dropped in tip jars if I saw them, or just waited for opportunities when things were like 143 yen at the conbini and dumped them then