[imp0cat]

Isn't most of Japan cash only?

[readline_prompt]

It's PayPay country now.

https://paypay.ne.jp

You can go to some of the most remote places and they'll accept paypay lol

[weberer]

Most places accept IC cards, which work like debit cards that you load money onto. Hotels support credit cards, but some western banks have trouble with the Japanese payment system.

[JCharante]

Since 2003 JCB has had an agreement to process Amex transactions in Japan, so Amex is accepted everywhere that credit cards are accepted, which is usually uncommon.

[rrr_oh_man]

Coincidentally, that’s also the most "Amex in Europe" experience ever

[coel]

As mentioned by others, things have changed - I used credit card 90% of the time on my last trip earlier this year.

[gwill]

it's changed pretty drastically in the past 10 years. aside from a few odd tiny bars, i think cards were accepted everywhere i went in tokyo and kyoto

[wahnfrieden]

Not anymore