Comments on: Currency exchange for a foreign exchange student in japan? http://www.myylt.com/2010/03/07/currency-exchange-for-a-foreign-exchange-student-in-japan/ Discussion of Forex Trading and Currency Trading Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:16:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Oki Bound http://www.myylt.com/2010/03/07/currency-exchange-for-a-foreign-exchange-student-in-japan/#comment-22993 Oki Bound Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.myylt.com/2010/03/07/currency-exchange-for-a-foreign-exchange-student-in-japan/#comment-22993 Im sure that your host family will know where to exchange $ to yen. on Okinawa you can exchange $ to yen @ the mall, they exchange machines somewhat like when you go to the arcade you can change $ to quarters but ....well you get what im saying. Im sure that your host family will know where to exchange $ to yen. on Okinawa you can exchange $ to yen @ the mall, they exchange machines somewhat like when you go to the arcade you can change $ to quarters but ….well you get what im saying.

]]> By: threedaypriest http://www.myylt.com/2010/03/07/currency-exchange-for-a-foreign-exchange-student-in-japan/#comment-22994 threedaypriest Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.myylt.com/2010/03/07/currency-exchange-for-a-foreign-exchange-student-in-japan/#comment-22994 You don't mention where you are from. If it's the U.S. almost any bank can change it. We had a homestay student from Australia recently though, and she had to go to one of the larger bank offices to exchange Aus$. You don’t mention where you are from. If it’s the U.S. almost any bank can change it. We had a homestay student from Australia recently though, and she had to go to one of the larger bank offices to exchange Aus$.

]]> By: Leftcoast USA http://www.myylt.com/2010/03/07/currency-exchange-for-a-foreign-exchange-student-in-japan/#comment-22995 Leftcoast USA Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.myylt.com/2010/03/07/currency-exchange-for-a-foreign-exchange-student-in-japan/#comment-22995 It sounds like you aren't fully sure yourself how your parents will be sending you your money. Normally, money would be sent overseas by international wire transfer. A wire transfer requires a receiving bank account, which means that you need to open a bank account in Japan. A second way for you to get your money is to have it deposited in your bank account at home. You just go to the post office and take your money out in Japanese yen from the ATM. I can't imagine you bringing ten months worth of cash and holding onto it for the whole ten months in your possession. So either way, you're going to have a bank account. It would be slightly more convenient to have a Japanese bank account. It sounds like you aren’t fully sure yourself how your parents will be sending you your money. Normally, money would be sent overseas by international wire transfer. A wire transfer requires a receiving bank account, which means that you need to open a bank account in Japan.

A second way for you to get your money is to have it deposited in your bank account at home. You just go to the post office and take your money out in Japanese yen from the ATM.

I can’t imagine you bringing ten months worth of cash and holding onto it for the whole ten months in your possession. So either way, you’re going to have a bank account. It would be slightly more convenient to have a Japanese bank account.

]]>