JR Railway and Telephone Cards from Japan
In the 1990s, we spent three years in Japan and during that time, we often used prepaid JR railway cards and prepaid telephone cards. Now, 25 years later, I’m glad I kept them.
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Very nice. Japan is an amazing country.