If you’re planning a trip to Japan, obtaining a credit card offering benefits and rewards could be useful. These cards offer various services that are widely accepted throughout the country.
These cards can help save you money on foreign transaction and ATM withdrawal fees, and currency exchange rates.
Aeon
The AEON store chain can be found throughout Japan, offering fresh goods, cosmetics and electronic items like books and electronics – the perfect place for travelers planning trips to Japan! This makes AEON stores ideal places for shopping essential items needed during their trip.
AEON provides two credit cards that can be used for shopping: Ionkado (serekuto) and WAON card (an electronic payment linked with credit). Both options are free; Ionkado requires you to designate an AEON bank account in order to deduct fees; WAON cards provide points-based rewards and more perks.
The AEON CARD WAKUWAKU Mastercard credit card offers many perks and privileges. It works hand in hand with Mastercard’s destination programs to offer visitors special perks when Japan reopens to international travelers, such as offering six percent cash rebate for online spending and food delivery and five percent discounts every 20th and 30th of every month at participating AEON, Daiei, MaxValue and MiniStop stores across Japan.
Orico
Orico Credit Cards offers its customers many advantages, including an attractive reward point rate and contactless payments. In addition to standard cards, Orico also offers co-branded ones in collaboration with popular brands or companies with exclusive designs that may even come as gifts with deposits.
Orico Card THE POINT is available to those over 18 and offers a 1% point return rate, plus extras such as an ETC card for road toll payments in Japan and transferring points into airline miles – making it an excellent option for travel enthusiasts.
Japan provides easy payment by credit card for hotels, ryokan, hostels and guest houses as well as many sightseeing tour buses; debit cards may also work on these services but their use could prove complex.
Amazon
Many travelers who visit Japan require a credit card during their trip, but finding one suitable can be challenging. A good choice would be one offering favorable exchange rates when purchasing foreign currencies as well as no foreign transaction fees – these would all make excellent options to bring along on their trip!
Major traditional banks in Japan provide debit and credit cards to foreigners residing here, including MUFG, MUFJ and SMBC as key options. Each institution requires proof of residence for issuing cards as well as offering various reward programs with points and bonuses attached.
Prepaid cards offer another great way to travel to Japan. Their easy use helps prevent overspending while at the same time you cannot make cash advances on them. Prepaid cards are typically used by students and businesspeople alike and are available from multiple stores online as well as physical locations; some even come equipped with loyalty programs offering perks such as free drinks and food!
JCB
The JCB card is one of Japan’s most beloved traveler cards. Available to those over 18, its many benefits include access to exclusive hotels, restaurants, golf facilities and more. In addition, its 1% point return rate makes it widely accepted across Asia and Europe merchants.
JCB is a global payment platform with over 101 million card members. Their unique card member rewards program allows card members to earn free flights with international airline purchases. Furthermore, the company is growing quickly in Asia with multiple offices throughout Southeast Asia.
JCB provides more than credit card services; they also offer payment APIs and other e-commerce solutions. Stripe supports JCB payments on US, Australia, New Zealand and Canadian accounts – for more information please see Cards section of integration guidance or use Connect which has an option to add it in its onboarding menu for connected accounts. To begin using JCB payment methods in Stripe Dashboard click “Enable JCB as Payment Method.” For more details refer to Cards Section of integration Guidance or onboarding Menu of connected accounts connected accounts can also see this option in Onboarding Menu of connected accounts to get started quickly.
