No More NFC!

     <Sniff, sniff> You know all that fun tappy stuff we can do with our phones in the states? Well it's a no go here (not even at McDonalds). Japan is primary a cash based system. Many stores don't even take credit cards, which are very hard to come by BTW. There is good and bad to this. It really keeps the Japanese people from going into credit card debit. Something too many Americans struggle with. I think that's the only perk. So the bad...you have to carry cash everywhere, you jingle when you walk (where do you put all the change that accumulates like bacteria on rotting fish?), it's more difficult to see exactly where you spend your money and last but not least I can't use the tap and pay on my phone. <sigh>