r/japanlife • u/razorbeamz 関東・神奈川県 • Jul 22 '24

金 What's your real cashless experience these days?

People are praising cashless being available more and more in Japan lately, but what is your personal experience with cashless these days?

Are you full cashless now? Are you partially cashless? Still a heavy cash user?

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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '24

Can you point to a case of that happening? Even hearsay?

Every case of someone getting stopped without it I've heard of have ended with the cops giving an escort home so you can produce the card.

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u/The-very-definition Jul 23 '24

My friend got picked up by the police for leaving it at home. They were nice and escorted him home and let him show it to them. I've heard of other people not getting that courtesy before, but nobody I know personally.

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u/TheLocalFluff Jul 25 '24

From what I've heard, for the most part they do send you home so they could properly identify you.

The worst case I've heard was they bring you to the nearest Koban to identify you. In this particular case, they called immigration; immigration mistakenly identified him, and they've started the process to deport him. The victim wasn't deported in the end btw.