There's the usual joke amongst the Japanese folks I know -- although technically speaking for someone to spend vacation time in Hawaii is spending time overseas in a foreign country, due to the high percentage of population in Hawaii being Japanese, it's almost like they never left Japan.

>It's not just tourists but a lot of the residents are Japanese as well...heck even quite a few of the restaurants the menus are in Japanese only.
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>>Why the yen? I know there are lots of Japanese tourists in Hawaii but didn't know the currency was good.
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>>>46.18 US
>>>1000 Yen (about $12US)
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>>>I usually carry between $50 - $100. Most of the stores here take both Yen and $.
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>>>>At the moment, how much money (cash) to you have in your wallet/purse/pocket/etc?
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>>>>I had a dicussion with someone today about how much cash people usually carry around. I won't say which side I was on.
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>>>>Thanks...