Originally Posted by
boarding_pass
I've been here for 13 months and I have an existing bank account (Yen) and a normal Rakuten credit card!
That AMEX is nice! But establishments accepting AMEX here is still soooo limited. I'll have a look!
Then you can just get a JALCARD...but be warned English support is probably non-existent. They don't even have an English website. If you don't mind paying for the high annual fee, the platinum card will get you most miles.
http://www.jal.co.jp/jalcard/index03.html