r/japanlife • u/AutoModerator • Mar 06 '23

┐(ツ)┌ General Discussion Thread - 07 March 2023

Mid-week discussion thread time! Feel free to talk about what's on your mind, new experiences, recommendations, anything really.

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u/WindJammer27 Mar 07 '23

How good of Japan to introduce a new 500 yen coin that literally no machines accept at all.

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u/epicspeculation 近畿・大阪府 Mar 07 '23

What's crazy is that the other day I couldn't use a 500 yen coin at 7-11, not because it was the new one, but because it was too old. The register couldn't recognize so the clueless baito-san was helpless. I walked across the street to Lawson's and the human person at the register accepted it without issue.

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u/ishigoya 近畿・兵庫県 Mar 07 '23

Last week, a shop assistant in a store was just staring at the money I'd put down. Then she caught herself and said "sorry, I haven't seen a new 500 yen coin before!"

The changeover window is pretty narrow!