How to pay for things in Japan

Card? IC? Touch? Suica? Cash?

How to pay for Local Train Green Car with Mobile Suica

モバイルスイカで普通列車グリーン車

How to use smart-ex QR ticket with Suica on iPhone Apple wallet Express Travel mode

How to early repay Rakuten Card credit card

If you have a Rakuten Card credit card (楽天カード) in Japan, you may want to make an early repayment of the card balance to recover the credit limit.

In general, the steps are to first notify Rakuten that we wish to make an early…

Furusato Nozei with Rakuten Ichiba (楽天市場)

Furusato Nozei (which I’ll refer to as FN) is a tax mechanism to get more value out of…

How to redeem JRE points to recharge Suica

From JRE point to Suica

How to use the tabiwa Hiroshima Wide Pass 広島ワイドパス at Miyajima and Rabbit Island (Okunoshima)

How to move a Rakuten Mobile eSIM from iPhone to Android

The whole process is quick and human-free

Usuki Stone Buddhas 臼杵石仏 by Public Transit

Usuki 臼杵 is a quaint city in Oita 大分 prefecture near to Beppu. Just a stone’s throw…

How to add to smart-ex an SMBC card that’s blocked

One way to solve…