Only in Tokyo

Today on my way back home I dropped into a coffee shop for a quick lunch. After a few minutes a young man sits down with a middle aged lady, I don't think much of it except they seem like an odd pair. The lady proceeds to hand the young man two very large stacks of money. Finally she filled out a form and I waited till she filled in the amount, it was ¥1,000,000. The guy just leisurely counted the money like it was nothing. This is like going into Starbucks and casually counting out $10,000, in 100 dollar bills. then he just put the money in an envelope and put it in his bag on the floor. I think if this had happened in the states the money would have easily been swiped away and used to pay off someone's Christmas debts.