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Costs in Japan
I am looking to visit Japan. this will be my 1st time.
First "warning" I been hearing about is of course - Costs, that EVERYTHING is sooooo expensive. Can someone plz give me an idea just how expensive tthings are there. Just daily ordinary things a tourist would want to consume or buy. a list would be great. You can list either Yens or $. thanks |
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"Robert" wrote in message ... I am looking to visit Japan. this will be my 1st time. First "warning" I been hearing about is of course - Costs, that EVERYTHING is sooooo expensive. Can someone plz give me an idea just how expensive tthings are there. Just daily ordinary things a tourist would want to consume or buy. a list would be great. You can list either Yens or $. Tokyo is one of the most expensive city to live in in the world. Other major cities are also very expensive. Cost go down when you are out in the country. No one can give you a list of items and their costs. I can tell you that you can spend $10 US for one apple in Tokyo. But then again you don't have to. thanks |
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"Robert" wrote in message ... I am looking to visit Japan. this will be my 1st time. First "warning" I been hearing about is of course - Costs, that EVERYTHING is sooooo expensive. Can someone plz give me an idea just how expensive tthings are there. Just daily ordinary things a tourist would want to consume or buy. a list would be great. You can list either Yens or $. Tokyo is one of the most expensive city to live in in the world. Other major cities are also very expensive. Cost go down when you are out in the country. No one can give you a list of items and their costs. I can tell you that you can spend $10 US for one apple in Tokyo. But then again you don't have to. thanks |
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wrote: Can someone plz give me an idea just how expensive tthings are there. Just daily ordinary things a tourist would want to consume or buy. a list would be great. You can list either Yens or $. Tokyo is one of the most expensive city to live in in the world. Other major cities are also very expensive. Cost go down when you are out in the country. Costs also go down if you down live there. I find Tokyo less expensive than most major cities in the USA, certainly not so expensive as New York. So costs can be relative. No one can give you a list of items and their costs. I can tell you that you can spend $10 US for one apple in Tokyo. But then again you don't have to. Certainly there are things that are much more expensive than others. Fruit being one. Over all I find excellent food at far better prices than the USA almost everywhere in Japan. Some very elegant bars the costs can double. A couple of martini's can be 20 bucks with a table charge thrown in. Best martini's I've ever had by the way. There use to be a lot of bugaboo about costs in the 80's; a newspaper cost 10 bucks and a hotel room $300 and canned soup cost 5 bucks and so forth. That was a long long time ago. -- Invest wisely: Over the past 75 years, stocks have averaged annual gains of 2.3 percent under GOP administrations, compared with 9.5 under Democratic ones. -- Jerry Heaster |
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In article , PeterL
wrote: Can someone plz give me an idea just how expensive tthings are there. Just daily ordinary things a tourist would want to consume or buy. a list would be great. You can list either Yens or $. Tokyo is one of the most expensive city to live in in the world. Other major cities are also very expensive. Cost go down when you are out in the country. Costs also go down if you down live there. I find Tokyo less expensive than most major cities in the USA, certainly not so expensive as New York. So costs can be relative. No one can give you a list of items and their costs. I can tell you that you can spend $10 US for one apple in Tokyo. But then again you don't have to. Certainly there are things that are much more expensive than others. Fruit being one. Over all I find excellent food at far better prices than the USA almost everywhere in Japan. Some very elegant bars the costs can double. A couple of martini's can be 20 bucks with a table charge thrown in. Best martini's I've ever had by the way. There use to be a lot of bugaboo about costs in the 80's; a newspaper cost 10 bucks and a hotel room $300 and canned soup cost 5 bucks and so forth. That was a long long time ago. -- Invest wisely: Over the past 75 years, stocks have averaged annual gains of 2.3 percent under GOP administrations, compared with 9.5 under Democratic ones. -- Jerry Heaster |
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"Gerry" kirjoitti viestissä .. . Costs also go down if you down live there. I find Tokyo less expensive than most major cities in the USA, certainly not so expensive as New York. So costs can be relative. Well, for instance in the Economist they frequently publish "the cost of living index" of cities around the world. For New York it is 100. Tokyo is again and again the most expensive major city in the world (Oslo comes close) by 135 or so. |
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"Gerry" kirjoitti viestissä .. . Costs also go down if you down live there. I find Tokyo less expensive than most major cities in the USA, certainly not so expensive as New York. So costs can be relative. Well, for instance in the Economist they frequently publish "the cost of living index" of cities around the world. For New York it is 100. Tokyo is again and again the most expensive major city in the world (Oslo comes close) by 135 or so. |
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PeterL wrote:
"Robert" wrote in message ... I am looking to visit Japan. this will be my 1st time. First "warning" I been hearing about is of course - Costs, that EVERYTHING is sooooo expensive. Can someone plz give me an idea just how expensive tthings are there. Just daily ordinary things a tourist would want to consume or buy. a list would be great. You can list either Yens or $. Tokyo is one of the most expensive city to live in in the world. Other major cities are also very expensive. Cost go down when you are out in the country. No one can give you a list of items and their costs. I can tell you that you can spend $10 US for one apple in Tokyo. But then again you don't have to. Travel in Japan is, in general, more expensive than many other parts of Asia, but cheaper than or on par with travel in Western Europe. I did Europe on the cheap and spent at least as much on average for hotels as I have in Japan, and the rooms are usually of higher quality. Ditto for food; you can eat cheap in Japan, but you have to have your standards adjusted properly. John W. |
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PeterL wrote:
"Robert" wrote in message ... I am looking to visit Japan. this will be my 1st time. First "warning" I been hearing about is of course - Costs, that EVERYTHING is sooooo expensive. Can someone plz give me an idea just how expensive tthings are there. Just daily ordinary things a tourist would want to consume or buy. a list would be great. You can list either Yens or $. Tokyo is one of the most expensive city to live in in the world. Other major cities are also very expensive. Cost go down when you are out in the country. No one can give you a list of items and their costs. I can tell you that you can spend $10 US for one apple in Tokyo. But then again you don't have to. Travel in Japan is, in general, more expensive than many other parts of Asia, but cheaper than or on par with travel in Western Europe. I did Europe on the cheap and spent at least as much on average for hotels as I have in Japan, and the rooms are usually of higher quality. Ditto for food; you can eat cheap in Japan, but you have to have your standards adjusted properly. John W. |
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PeterL wrote:
"Robert" wrote in message ... I am looking to visit Japan. this will be my 1st time. First "warning" I been hearing about is of course - Costs, that EVERYTHING is sooooo expensive. Can someone plz give me an idea just how expensive tthings are there. Just daily ordinary things a tourist would want to consume or buy. a list would be great. You can list either Yens or $. Tokyo is one of the most expensive city to live in in the world. Other major cities are also very expensive. Cost go down when you are out in the country. No one can give you a list of items and their costs. I can tell you that you can spend $10 US for one apple in Tokyo. But then again you don't have to. Travel in Japan is, in general, more expensive than many other parts of Asia, but cheaper than or on par with travel in Western Europe. I did Europe on the cheap and spent at least as much on average for hotels as I have in Japan, and the rooms are usually of higher quality. Ditto for food; you can eat cheap in Japan, but you have to have your standards adjusted properly. John W. |
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