Friday, August 17, 2007

A Comment on Japanese Money

Japanese money is kinda funny. First off, their bills are in the thousands, so 1000, 2000, 5000, 10,000 and they have a bunch of coins below 1000. But what makes it a bit strange is that 1000 actually equals about 10.00, 2000 equals 20.00 and so on. What baffles me is why they don’t just make them into 10.00 and make everyone’s lives easier! Well maybe not everyone’s, but AT LEAST MINE! The other funny thing is that they have a 2000YEN note but NEVER use it! A couple days ago I paid for something that was about 1500YEN with a 10,000YEN note and I got back all my change in 1000 YENs! I asked Arthur why I hadn’t gotten any 2000YEN notes back and he said they have trouble counting them! Hahah, what the hell? 2000, 4000, 6000, 8000, 10,000. A bit random but a real observant observation if you ask meJ!

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