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Old Mar 13, 2012 | 2:22 am
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Originally Posted by joejones
You can check the NRT rates online:

http://www.narita-airport.or.jp/exchange_e/index.html

Note that travelers' checks get a better rate than cash though you would have to take fees into account to decide whether they are a better deal.
As I said it's one yen on wire (T is short for TT is short for Telegraphic Transfer) and three yen on cash. You get the wire rate for travelers checks as well. Same at hotels, banks, etc. but as Hailstorm said, you may be able to find some backstreet money changers who will do it more cheaply.
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