The Suica card is a Japanese debit card used for transit (metro, buses, trains) as well as some shops and restaurants. We each downloaded them to our Apple wallets and loaded them with 1500 yen ($9.47). I figured that we would have to add more yen before leaving Tokyo. In Tokyo, have only taken 2 short round trips, so we still had yen on our cards as of this morning. I used it to buy breakfast today at the local 7-11 store, but still had about 900 yen left.
Yesterday I had bought a long sleeve shirt that I really liked at a clothing store in a nearby mall, so we went back to that store to buy another. I was pleasantly surprised that I was able to use the balance of my Suica card as part of the payment.
In Japan, convenience stores like 7-11 & Lawsons have really good food. I read that Japanese people go to these stores not for convenience items, but for their food. There were 2 convenience stores within 2 blocks of our Airbnb in Tokyo, so each morning we would buy our breakfast from them to eat at our room. Here is 1 shelf at one store:
We went to Narita Airport, arriving around 1:00 pm. We checked our bags, went through customs and immigration and were in the Ana lounge by 1:20 pm. We were pleasantly surprised that the Ana lounge was almost empty, and the food was good, better than in any lounge we’ve been in. Here is a photo of the lounge. You can see the back of Marge’s head towards the back of the photo
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