So apparently Japan changed their money over the summer and I almost lost it at the ATM and had to stand there googling it like an idiot to make sure I wasn’t crazy. Top is new. I’m loving the wave on the back. Can’t wait to get more change and see what the other notes look like in person. Japan used to be very cash heavy, covid helped accelerate touch-less credit cards but most small businesses and temples are still cash. It’s strange because IC cards  (electronic transit cards) are useable at most vending machines so I’m always caught off guard when I can’t pay with it and thrilled when I can unexpectedly. Now that I can reload my card with Apple Pay I rarely go to the ATM.

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What’s crazy is I’ve seen it IRL twice but neither time was in Japan. It’s always on loan.

Out money is boring and not ADA accessible at all! Other countries have different sizes! We suck. And have so little color. So boring.

America has some of the weakest currency.  Mexico, Canada, EU. basically everywhere I've been has cooler paper money