Originally Posted by aaron1262

for the past few weeks, i've been tracking the exchange rate for yen and it' not looking good for the dollar. Two weeks ago it was at 108/109 yen per/US dollar, now it's only 100 as of right now.

im just curious as to how this is affecting people's plans to go to japan from the states. If you're exchanging cash, most banks are only giving 97-96..This cannot be good especially if you are on a tight budget like me being a student and going to Japan for 4 months.

thoughts?