And yet everyone will pay with cash.
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oce@jlai.lu 3 weeks ago
If there’s one thing Japan loves, it is economical competition. There are like 40 different ways to pay at a shop, it’s absurd.
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kurcatovium@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
asbestos@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
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k0e3@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
This used to be the case 15 years ago, but unless you go to some tiny independently owned place, you can usually pay with credit card or suica. If not, then with one of those QR code payment options. I rarely carry cash anymore.
kalleboo@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yeah when I went over my bank statements for last year, I only went to an ATM a single time in the whole year. Mostly only need cash for stuff like parking
kurcatovium@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Idk, I wasn’t there myself. My friend went there multiple times though (last time before corona) and he said cash was often/usually needed.
Slaxis@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
How long ago was that? Even 7-8 years ago it was more true but it’s changed quite a bit in recent years
WalnutLum@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Nah you can’t even use cash in a lot of post offices now.
kurcatovium@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Wow, things have changed then.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Wow, all of that and no crypto. That’s impressive.
semperverus@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Japan is permanently in the '90s (and I love it).
SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 3 weeks ago
I’ve seen the phrase “Japan has been stuck in the year 2000 since 1980”
dubyakay@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
It’s almost like Japanese boomers keep maintaining the status quo at the expense of younger generations.
Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
I can’t pay with interpretive dance?! I shall not be frequenting this establishment. Good day to you.
SnortsGarlicPowder@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
There is a DDR cabinet in the arcade that will turn your Dance into Tickets which are accepted.
Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
This is one of the most Japanese things I have ever heard.
Dōmo arigatōgozaimasu
sadTruth@lemmy.hogru.ch 3 weeks ago
Innovation and competition at it’s peak: You get to choose the color of your noose.
But (presumably) no cash or crypto because someone has to take a 3% cut.
goldenquetzal@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Surprisingly a lot of Japan is cash only. Stores like this also have cash inserts built in.
Matriks404@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
That’s hardly a bad thing unless you can’t use the most common way (e.g. paying by credit/debit card) in shops.
Eggyhead@lemmings.world 3 weeks ago
That Q+ looking one near the bottom left is how Apple Pay came to be in Japan.
rottingleaf@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
That’s probably because toxic corporate culture (we-ell, one can sometimes find contributions of heroes from Japan into FOSS projects, so maybe not so toxic, especially when you look at NetBSD) they already have, so they simply can’t afford breaking market laws, not in the slightest.
The rest think they can, which is wrong.
The economic stagnation in numbers is regrettable, though. I would prefer countries like Japan to grow (not on the map, I mean playing tall). And cultures.
Toes@ani.social 3 weeks ago
With that many options, it’s your bad if the card doesn’t work. Wow haha
Sat@lemmynsfw.com 3 weeks ago
If only that worked on dlsite
MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Is there some science to what facilitates common standards vs. dotzens of islands? Convenience of the user is only one factor (if at all), see printers.
pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
no klarna… ABSOLUTE W
phoenixz@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
That’s not absurd, that’s awesome
ripcord@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It can be both!
phoenixz@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Sure, sure
Zaphod@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
Absurdly awesome!