When you leave Japan, you\u2019ll probably want to convert your yen into your home country\u2019s currency. More often than not, you\u2019ll get a better rate if you exchange the money in Japan rather than when you get back. One of the easiest and most economical ways of doing this is through the Post Office remittance service. This can be done at any of your local post offices (however please note that you can\u2019t send to some countries \u2013 ask at the post office or look in your JET diary for more info). Simply put, a remittance is a check made out to a designated party in a currency other than yen. The designated party can be a family member, bank, organization, etc. The post office will send your money through into the designated party\u2019s account.<\/p>\n
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The two most popular remittance services are Shinsei Bank’s GoRemit<\/a> service and TransferWise<\/a>. GoRemit’s international bank transfers cost 2,000 yen (plus any intermediary and beneficiary bank fees) regardless of the amount being sent. It will take some time to make an account through GoRemit, as the paper application and supporting documents must be mailed to them. TransferWise’s rates differ based on the amount of money being sent, but go through very quickly. You can sign up and upload the appropriate documents online.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n What To Do (Post Office Remittance Service \u9001\u91d1)<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1.\u00a0Go to the window of the post office\u00a0and ask for a \u201ckokusai sokin seikyuusho ken koku chisho (\u56fd\u969b\u9001\u91d1\u8acb\u6c42\u66f8\u517c\u544a\u77e5\u66f8)\u201d form (International Remittance Application & Declaration Form).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2.\u00a0Fill out the information. You\u2019ll also need to bring your Alien Registration Card and your inkan (name stamp).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 3.\u00a0Fill out the information. You\u2019ll also need to bring your Alien Registration Card and your inkan (name stamp).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 4.\u00a0Fill out the information. You\u2019ll also need to bring your Alien Registration Card and your inkan (name stamp).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 5.\u00a0For sending remittances to the US, you can take the check and mail it out on your own. Remittances to all other destinations will be sent directly to the designated address from the Tokyo Central Post Office by airmail.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n DETAILS<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Converting:<\/strong>\u00a0You can convert yen into a number of currencies, but please note that the destination that you\u2019re sending the money to must be made out for the same currency. (e.g., you cannot send a check to Canada made out in US dollars.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Exchange Rates:<\/strong>\u00a0The yen-US dollar exchange rate is updated at 11AM every business day. Exchange rates between yen and all other currencies are updated at noon every business day. The post office exchange rates tend to be the best around.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Delivery Dates:<\/strong>\u00a0For most countries, delivery varies between 7 & 14 days. However, for some reason, delivery to Canada takes an average of 14-20 days!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When you leave Japan, you\u2019ll probably want to convert your yen into your home country\u2019s currency. More often than not, you\u2019ll get a better rate if you exchange the money […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"parent":198,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-214","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","count-0","even alt","author-toyamapa","last"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toyamajets.net\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toyamajets.net\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toyamajets.net\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toyamajets.net\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toyamajets.net\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.toyamajets.net\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2485,"href":"https:\/\/www.toyamajets.net\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/214\/revisions\/2485"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toyamajets.net\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toyamajets.net\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}