Re: Any accounts of bitcoin in Japan?

Bitcoin and crypto currency is slowly starting to buzz in mainstream US news, it isnt big yet but i noticed a few publications focusing on it now.

Was wondering if there was anyone in japan that could give us some idea if the "bitcoin hype" is real? Also, if so have you purchased anything with bitcoin?

Really curious

->Japan is way ahead of any other country in practical use of bitcoins.
->They've malls in japan with automated vending machines which accept bitcoins to provide variety of goods for kids as well adults.
->They have functioning bitcoin ATM's and real time conversion machines.
->Bitcoin hype is way more than you can imagine in Japan.Follow one of your favorite Japanese bitcoin businesses ,you'd know.

Sounds like an exaggeration. Bitcoin still represents a tiny, tiny amount of actual money in Japan and around the world.

Japan is quite a technology-centered country and Bitcoin is on its way, but it'll take a long time before real adoption is happening.

Japan is perfect at producing electronics, cars, and many other advanced technological products. Since Bitcoin is a revolution in financial technology I am no surprised that Japan is the country which is the most advanced in general real everyday use of bitcoin as a currency(i.e vending machines, atms in big malls). This can only be beneficial to bitcoin in the long term.