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judoka · Joined: 28 Jan 2009 Posts: 53 Location: North Pole

For people who have their own apartment/hotel room, this isn't a problem but I will be in a guesthouse with 3 more people in the same room. It is foreign currency so I can't deposit it in a bank and I don't want to exchange all of it into yen. So are there safe deposit boxes or other means to stash small items in Tokyo?

Pitarou · Joined: 16 Nov 2009 Posts: 1116 Location: Narita, Japan

judoka · Joined: 28 Jan 2009 Posts: 53 Location: North Pole

Yeah, looks like I'll have to keep the money with me at all times, in a money belt.

teacheratlarge · Joined: 17 Nov 2011 Posts: 192 Location: Japan

The luggage lockers go as low as 200 yen a day. That seems pretty cheap to me....😢

judoka · Joined: 28 Jan 2009 Posts: 53 Location: North Pole

I don't mind the 200 yen daily rate but having to go to the locker everyday to feed it sounds like a hassle. But it is an option.

HLJHLJ · Joined: 06 Oct 2009 Posts: 1218 Location: Ecuador

Surely everyone who stays there will have the same problem. Ask at the guesthouse if they have a safety box where you can leave it. If not, they will likely know your best option for a locker.

move · Joined: 30 May 2009 Posts: 132

I don't think you have to go to the locker every day. It should just add on the next day's amount after 24 hours have passed. That's why you see some lockers that say like 1200 yen or something because the person hasn't picked up their stuff in a few days.

Waygeek · Joined: 15 Jun 2013 Posts: 30

Is there a service that would accomodate something bigger, like a suitcase?

teacheratlarge · Joined: 17 Nov 2011 Posts: 192 Location: Japan

Some of the lockers at main stations are larger, but more expensive (¥400-800).