1 and 5 yen coins exchange.

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1. the only way to get it done for free is spending them at grocery store/etc that still accepts coins. jp bank and other bank ATMs that take coins charge per number of them deposited.

   don’t be afraid to spend them at convenience/etc, pay for 123 yen item with 100+4*5+3

   edit: despite what /u/rainbow_city (who also blocked me for some unknown reasons) says,

   > Go to your bank’s closest branch and deposit them into your account via the ATM.

   This will work, but

   1) You’re limited to inserting like 50-100 coins at once (or less, depends on ATM of course)

   2) Bank is likely to charge a fee for coin deposit over certain count. You could probably come back next day and do it again, to avoid the fees.

   https://qa.smbc.co.jp/faq/show/6118

   According to https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/d7d12129c7ac8847ed9c0184fd98edf108a06a8b you might be OK doing several deposits at ATM of under the processing fee qty but don’t be an asshole and make sure others aren’t waiting in line while you slot in 100 1yen coins.

2. Go to your bank’s closest branch and deposit them into your account via the ATM.

   Or, you could try asking a tellar to exchange them for you.

3. There is now a solution actually.

   Its called “Coinstar”

   We have many of them in the UK and they have just started coming to Japan. I found one in the Seiyu in Ogikubo.

   You basically just dump your coins into the machine and it gives you a receipt that you can cash out at a customer service desk (This is how it worked in the UK). Go check out a Seiyu and it might have one. I think they are usually in those mega Seiyus where they have the clothes and furniture sections inside.

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   Hope this helped 🙂

4. Wonder what would happen if you used self-pay at a conbini to “trade up”. Buy something, pour too many in and when it gives you change, hope it swaps them up to 10s, 50s and so on.

5. JP Post/ SMBC ATMs accept coins during the day for free, up to 100 coins i think.
   You can finish depositing them in 10-20 transactions.

   Pasmo isn’t possible because the ticket machine takes only 10 yen denominations at the smallest.

6. Makes me miss the coinstar machines at TD bank back in the US. I would regularly spend 15 -20 minutes just shoving coins into the machine. One time I wound up with 125 bucks added to my account just from the pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters.

   I have large jar of 1 yen coins and a smaller jar of 5 yen coins. I hate the damn things. I’m tempted to just put them in a bag and “forget” them near a vending machine somehwere. Let someone else deal with it.

7. Some self check out supermarkets allow 1 yen coins. I tipped a whole bucket load in once, no problem.

8. Dump them all to a local shrine for maximum luck this year

9. I gave all mine to a homeless guy when I moved cities

10. Buy lottery tickets a couple times a week with it. Lotto 7, Lotto 6. Scratch. Buying lottery tickets is a way for cognitively challenged people to waste money but…if you win, sweeet! 💰

11. Just go to a self checkout 24/7 like max valu in the dead of the night and dump em all. The machines dont care 🙂

12. I’ve been struggling with this too! Finally last year, I bought some reusable coin “rolls” from the 100 yen store. It’s been a crawl, but every time I go to the super market or 7/11 I bring them with me and dump as many as I can when I’m paying (when there’s no line). After about a year, I finally got rid of massive jar of 1 yen coins 😂

13. My water bill has to be paid in cash, so I just go pay it at the convenience store using the lowest denomination coins that I have. You can try finding a convenicence store with a self-payment machine, and after a few months your problems may have dissapeared.

    I met a 60yo man who had a few 5L jugs of single yen coins in his house, so I guess you’re a bit better off.