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Originally Posted by v_tec
That's not true. A lot of the restaurants, shops - including small 'convenience/cosmetic' store all accept credit cards - Amex included. Combined with $ loaded onto a Pasmo/Suica (where a lot of small ramen shops using those "machine" to order is accepted), I barely used much cash during my last trip few months ago. Even taxi's in Toyko accept credit cards...
Most department / clothing stores etc usually give 5% off for using Visa / Union Pay if you meet the minimum spent (usually the same limit as the duty-free).
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You're talking specifically about Tokyo, where they have to cater to huge amounts of tourists and foreigners...
Travel an hour outside of Tokyo to neighboring prefectures like Tochigi, Gunma, Ibaraki, etc... and you'll be out of luck without cash in hand. Travel up north to Tohoku and it's even harder.
If you look at Japan as a whole, they are still very much lagging behind in regards to using cards as methods of pay.