Current Events > How much money do I need to set aside for a 1 week trip to Japan for wife and I?

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I need an estimate

and a rough breakdown of those costs would be cool. Just tryna plan it all out in advance.

First get a wife then we can help

2 dollars
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4-6k
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Japanese people are very nice, beg for money and must pedestrians will give and you can use that money to fund your vacation
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ScottSweatshirt posted...

Japanese people are very nice, beg for money and must pedestrians will give and you can use that money to fund your vacation

every japanese person ive met (and I've met alot) has been nice and I know many people who've visited japan and they all say great things about the country and people. i'm excited.

Well see how much the exchange rate is.
How much the room(s) will cost then add about 300 bucks a day for entertainment and food.
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3K for the plane trip? 1.5k a round trip for the both of you. Then depending on where you want to stay, you can do airbnb and get some pretty sweet 20-100 dollar a night places in tokyo or you can dump like 300 a night for a hotel, or a rabu/love hotel in tokyo going for about 100 bucks.

Depending if you want to take the bullet train that can be like an extra 100-300 bucks depending where you want to go, kyoto, nagoya, hiroshima, osaka, or kagoshima. ONE WAY. There MIGHT be a way to get the JR Rail Pass which is like 300 bucks of unlimited use of the Japan Rail trains for 7 days. I believe that also includes all tokyo trains.However, I believe you may have to buy this super early like 3 months in advance? Like you can't buy one day of or within a month. So yeah... look into that.

Food is cheap? I mean depends on what your wife likes. You can buy a ton of junk food from convenience stores for a buck or 2. My favorite was going to lawsons and getting fried chicken or getting the ham and cheese sandwiches or the rice balls. Sushi is cheap in japan too, can be 1-4 bucks a plate if you're getting just 6-8 pieces of plain toro, to 4 bucks for 2 pieces of chuutoro, to like 5-6 bucks for 1 piece of otoro. If you go to a bbq expect to pay a lot per plate of raw meat. Like 10-15 bucks for like 8 slices of meat you can cook? Ramens are reasonably priced and very filling. DO TRY OKONOMIYAKI if you can. If you hate it in tokyo go try out okonomiyaki in another place like kyoto, and if you hate it there try it in hiroshima. Each place has their own style of making okonomiyaki and ramen so you can't say you hate it in one location, they really do vary in style.

If you're looking for activites that will range for a lot.

But for a one week thing I'd expect like 5k? It sounds like a lot and it is, because half of that money goes down the drain by flying there, that's the reason why I stayed a month to make the flight there at least worth it. 600 bucks on the JR Pass if you want to take the bullet trains to any cities. About 1000 for hotels, about another 1000 for food and activities. I really recommend trying out unlimited all you can drink sake and then a night out doing karaoke. I went to Kurand myself (http://en.rocketnews24.com/2015/03/18/drinkers-paradise-found-at-tokyo-restaurant-100-types-of-sake-all-you-can-drink-no-time-limit/). While I don't get drunk, my four other friends did, and I actually enjoyed many of the different sake types they had there. You WILL find something you like if you keep at it. I had at least 5 different sakes I was trying out. You ARE allowed to bring your own food, so if you like you can just go to a convenience store and bring it in to eat while having sake. If I remember correctly if you finish drinking all you want within the hour you get back like 2000 yen. I don't believe it was stated in the website, but space is quite limited in kurand so that's how they get you out and more customers coming it. You'll come to the realization that a lot of places can host like 10-20 people max.

If you need more ideas about what to do in Tokyo or any places, just look at this website.
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2164.html

It outlines what to do. Tokyo's best places, you can spend just an entire day looking around Akihabara, another day in Harajuku for the wife for fashion, go to yoyogi park and get a nice green bean ice cream as a treat because japan is SO FUCKING HOT AND HUMID. Try out Skytree, go to Roppongi hills and the mall there and feel how poor you are when you can't afford any of the restaurants. Try to reserve a ticket to ghibli museum because that is open a limited time and sells out fast. Go to the amusement parks. I've done all that I've said there and waaaaaaaaaaaay more. But that's a sample and I really do recommend that website to set up an itinerary of what you want to do and budget from t here, but just remember you're gonna need at least 5k to even have a good time and you better plan because a week goes fast.
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