Stuart McGraw wrote:
> Anyone here have any experience with international
> postal money orders in Japan?  I understand I can 
> buy a $700 (max) imo here in the US and exchange 
> it for yen at a Japanese post office?  Will Japanese 
> post office's do this happily, or just look at the form 
> and scratch their head?  What is the exchange rate 
> (relative to bank rate you see on the internet/
> newspapers)?  

Hi Stuart,

The Japanese post office can and will do it easily enough, though you
will need to take ID with you, and it may take some time. An easier way
to bring funds for personal use is traveller's cheques (TCs) and/or a
debit/credit card (cirrus network etc). If obtaining TCs, IMOs etc are
difficult to do in Colorado, or if you prefer not to use a card, another
option is to wire transfer some funds the same Yamasa account you used
for the tuition transfer, and then "withdraw" the funds on arrival. If
the last is your preference, send me an email first though.

The most flexible way would be to use TCs. Cheapest way to transfer
funds would be telegraphic transfer.

Looking forward to meeting you in a few weeks.

Declan

-- 
"They took you up to midnight Mass and left you in the lurch
So you dropped a button in the plate and spewed up in the church."

 - The Sickbed of Cuchulainn