This note should be familiar to fans of Azumanga Daioh: the trip to Okinawa and how, at the time, the note was brand new, so the girls were all in awe at its watermarks and stuff I guess that joke could still be made to this day, huh?
Unseen Japan@unseenjapan.com · 18h agoA Japanese X user recalls a time they used a 2,000 yen note at a souvenir shop & a young clerk threatened to call the police, thinking it counterfeit. An older worker had to intervene. It's legal currency, but rare enough now that many young Japanese don't recognize it.
