[2016 日本 Japan] 鹿兒島縣 Kagoshima Prefecture ATM

原來不單止是鹿兒島，而是整個日本的ATM都不一定受理日本以外國家簽發的提款咭。(第一次到日本，大鄉里出城) 機場有兩部ATM，一間是鹿兒島銀行，一間是郵局ATM。我們拿著不同銀行簽發的提款卡，都只能在郵局ATM成功提款，每人提了¥35,000，所以一共¥70,000 (約HKD5300)。

If you have a  debit card issued by any country but Japan, PLEASE keep reading. The ATM in Japan may not  accept  your card when you withdrew money. I didn't imagine this would cause us so much trouble in the days in Yakushima. We tried the only two ATM machines in Kagoshima Airport. One is operated by the  Kagoshima Bank which doesn't like our debit cards ; while another one is the post office ATM and luckily we can successfully  withdrew  ¥35,000 each. If we really have no cash, we could perhaps trade with people to get exchange of the ticket or food we need.  

由鹿兒島銀行營運的ATM 
ATM operated by Kagoshima Bank

郵局ATM
Post Office ATM

這些現金將主要繳付之後在屋久島的大部分開支，例如往來島的船費﹑上山的交通費﹑兩天的住宿費、食物便當費用﹑租用登山的用具等，一切也只能付現金，沒有EPS或信用卡。雖然出發前計算好所需金額，但總會發生意外，需要額外用錢。

Those amount of cash was planned to spend for expenses in  Yakushima, the ferry ticket to and from the Island, the transportation fee  in town, the two days  accommodation , the food and rent of camping equipment . Everything is  CASH only. They do not take EPS or credit card. Although we have calculated the amount we need plus the spare  cash, we did not have enough  because accidents are everywhere and happened unexpectedly. We needed extra money to solve the problem. 

屋久島的交通費很貴，坐單程巴士上山要¥960，然後轉接駁巴士再付¥870，來回便要¥1850。因為第一天到達屋久島不經意在餐廳吃飯，用多了錢(其實只是¥3000，但對有經濟困難的我們已經很多錢) ，結果當晚發現我們的現金只夠上山，不能下山。向民宿主人查詢那裡有ATM時，他居然說ATM都已經關門，最快要待明早開門。我以為自己聽錯了，ATM在日本限時開放，多數是朝9晚6，就像上班一樣有特定辦工時間。由於明天要清晨5時坐巴士上山，我們不可能待ATM開門提款。七上八下，不知所措之時，民宿主人主動問｢你們需要多少錢？」。素未謀面居然願意借我們錢，真的遇上大好人，最後我們借了他¥5000，感謝他，一切順利過渡！

The transportation fee in Yakushima is very high. The single bus ride costs  ¥960, then another ¥870 for the shuttle bus. It means we paid ¥1850 in return. Another reason for the cash shortage because we had a meal in the restaurant on the first day arrived in Yakushima. The price was relatively high - ¥3000. I would not be a big issue normally, but not when we had not enough spare cash. End up we found that the cash we had was just enough to take single ride of the bus. We asked the owner of the homestay to see if there is ATM around. The shocking news is the ATM are closed at night and we have to wait until tomorrow morning. I thought I misheard what he said. What? The ATM operates during office hour - 9am to 6pm like me in Hong Kong? We cannot get the morning in the morning because we should take the bus departing at 5am and we should start hiking by the time ATM opened. I had no clues what should we do and sit on the chair with an empty mind. The owner realised something wrong and asked us how much do we need. He is really a great guy and even an angel to safe our day and delight our time in Yakushima!! Finally we had ¥5000 from him. It is not a big amount, but means a lot!!