Vivinavi : Los Angeles : (United States) Los Angeles

• 倍金萬
• 2018/03/05 (Mon) 11:11
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Mr. FA,

You say so simply, but I wonder...if you put in a function that allows the Pass Number to be inserted, do you have to put in the Pass Number for all subsequent card payments? In the U.S., I don't think so, but in Japan, I hear that everyone puts in a Pass Number when using a card that is set up that way, no matter what kind of purchases you make. If VISA/Amex is not accepted, I will use the purple machine with a debit card with MasterCard function. However, as with this trip, I will have all family members carry Suica cards, so I don't think I will have any luck with the purple machine. I am planning to visit the Ghibli Museum in Mitaka for my grandchildren, but I heard that they do not sell tickets on the day of the visit. So I reserved tickets online, though it is a long way in advance.

I heard that it takes less than 20 minutes to walk from Mitaka station, but I can walk outside all day long under the hot summer sun, but the rest of us may find 20 minutes too long, so we will take a bus on a special route. This bus also seems to take Pasmo/Suica.

• 倍金萬
• 2018/03/05 (Mon) 12:06
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Mr. Bare Faces,

Until the end of last year, I thought that I would definitely carry out the "complete traverse of the Japanese archipelago ・," but when I exchanged e-mails with a friend I met online in Shikoku and he said, "This year you will finally complete your second pilgrimage," my mind began to waver.

Although I had planned so meticulously, June is the rainy season in Japan, and while I have no problem walking on the pilgrimage whether it rains or spears, I have nothing to look forward to except looking at the scenery outside when I travel across Japan, sitting in my seat all day ・ and all week ・. I was worried that the rainy weather would be boring, or that I would lose my mind.

If I could, a trip that involved riding the train all the time would be （ essentially a challenge, not a trip ） but I thought that a sunny month would be better, and gradually I began to lean toward the pilgrimage.
We concluded that we would travel across Japan after GW next May, and that we would combine this with the start of the third leg of the pilgrimage.
I am very sorry if you had high hopes for this little wooden doll. I have saved the Japan traverse plan in the Japan traverse folder on the C: drive, and I am rewriting the changes as I see fit.

• FA
• 2018/03/05 (Mon) 22:58
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？ You are talking about using a credit card issued here in Japan ？ I have never heard of such a function being added.
The vending machine requires a PIN, so if you get a PIN issued by the credit card company in advance, you can use your credit card. I'm not advocating that you use a credit card, but you can use either a debit or credit card. ？ It's the same 4 digits.
Even if you need to input PIN except ticket vending machine, it is the same as inputting zip code at gas station over here. It is also very rare.

• 倍金萬
• 2018/03/06 (Tue) 10:39
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＞ Why don't you just call Visa and Amex and have them Issue my PIN ！

When you say "Issue my PIN," you mean call my credit card company and have them （ relate my PIN to my card. ） You mean, "Ask me to do it for you," right?

After I have that PIN associated with my card, I have to put it in when I pay with that card anywhere in the world, right? I only have to put in the Zip Code at a gas station about once a month, and I never forget the 5-digit Zip Code, but the process of putting in the PIN every time I pay my credit card bill is too tedious for me to do. I've been doing without it for decades.

So I said that when I go to Japan, I will use a debit card that already has a pass number. I am sorry, but this is my way of doing things and it is a shortcut, so I don't want to take your credit card PIN. However, I will take your kind recommendation with pleasure.

• 倍金萬
• 2018/03/06 (Tue) 10:57
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Not that it matters at all, but

the Daiso here doesn't take credit cards unless the purchase is over $10, and
below that, only cash or debit cards are accepted. They don't have a card terminal for customers,
only a Numeric Keypad for PINs.

Also, Costco, HomeDepot, and Lowes only started chip reading
in the last year or two. Walmart was quick in that regard.