Borrowing money from WLs

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Originally Posted by KakeyA

I agree that it is much more cash based than Australia but they have PayPay and I noted a massive difference between staying October 2025 and March 2026 in that in those 4-5 months every store I went to in Tokyo, apart from one, had converted to accepting touchless card payments.

Granted, I was staying in Minato-ku so that’s like comparing the Sydney CBD and Eastern suburbs to the whole of Australia but it was such a notable difference.

I went to one Men’s Esthe and payment was all card, no cash which surprised me

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It's definitely changing but cash is still the main form of payment for things. I noticed last time I was there also