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I'm trying to plan a trip to Tokyo, but I have a limited budget, how much, in total, is it going to cost me for a 1 week holiday?

So that includes average prices of Hotels, 3 meals a day, and public transport, etc.

Any help appreciated.
>> Anonymous
probably around 150,000 yen
>> Anonymous
with or without airfare?

also depends on your accommodation requirements.

tokyo is expensive ... but you can sleep for $50-70 a night comfortably. the capsule hotels are cheaper, as are the youth hostels.

food is on par with western countries. $5 a meal will serve you well. throw in $30 a meal for a nice dinner or two. japan has a lot of small cafes and eateries, but they also have mcdonalds for the retards.

public transport is expensive. expect to pay $4-5 just to get into a taxi. $10+ for a 15 minute ride. subway is also expensive, $3-4 per trip. busses are a little cheaper.

anon said 150,000 yen, which is $1500 (ballpark) ... if you can get flights to japan for $1k, then i'm sure $500 for a week of looking around (without too much expensive crap) will be enuf.

i'd strongly recommend NOT going to tokyo however. if you're looking for japanese culture, then go to osaka, fukoka or other smaller japanese cities.

if you wanna go bar hopping and fuck women, sure, go to tokyo.
>> Anonymous
>>62275
$30 a night is manageable, just find a hostel in a cheap part of town (Asakusa).
>> Anonymous !TA0T5gpKEQ
>>62154
you should consider living in hostel.
an Anon who replied to my hostel thread has experience living in Japan hostels.
>> Anonymous
>>62275
This anon is about right, but $5 a meal won't get you any fucking where. Expect to pay atleast $7-10
>> Anonymous
I live in Tokyo and will try to give you some better info.

>>62305$5 a meal won't get you any fucking where. Expect to pay atleast $7-10
Incorrect. It depends on the neighborhood, but if you stick to smaller places serving Japanese food you can easily eat for under 500 yen per meal. If you eat at bigger chain restaurants, foreign food, or lots of sushi, it will be a lot more expensive. The neighborhood also makes a big difference. In a normal residential area food is cheaper than touristy or rich areas like Roppongi.

>>62275expect to pay $4-5 just to get into a taxi.
The current base rate is 710 yen which includes the first two kilometers. Taxis are expensive and slow and given how good Tokyo's public transit system is there is no reason to use them unless you can't walk.

>subway is also expensive, $3-4 per trip. busses are a little cheaper.
The subway is actually cheaper than the bus in most cases. The minimum fare for JR lines is 130 yen and most subway lines are 190 yen. The price is based on distance and it costs about 260 yen to go from one end of the city to the opposite. Most buses are a flat rate of 200 yen, but if not they have a base fare and increase by distance like the trains. Buses are slower and not as easy to navigate if you don't speak Japanese. Stick to the trains if you can't walk.

Which brings be to the most often overlooked option: walking. Tokyo really isn't that big. If you have time and a good map, you can walk to a whole lot of places that most people take the train to. You get to see a lot more of the city by walking too.

>you should consider living in hostel.
Seconded. Before I moved here, I visited several times and always stayed in hostels or cheap hotels near Asakusa. 3000 yen per night is pretty easy to find and everywhere I stayed was clean and pleasant. Nothing fancy, but effective and you tend to meet a lot more interesting people than you would at a fancier hotel.
>> Anonymous
>>62322and most subway lines are 190 yen
Correction: The base rate on most subway lines is actually 160 I believe. I always just use a Suica card, so I can't recall for sure.

>If you eat at bigger chain restaurants...
I wanted to expound on this a little. There are a few exceptions, the big ones being Matsuya, Sukiya, and Yoshinoya. They're big chains with restaurants located goddamn near everywhere and they all have several items on the menu that provide a decent amount of food for less than 500 yen.
>> Anonymous
If you want to save on train fares just buy the cheapest tickets and bust through the gate when you get to your destination. I tend to pay if it's under 500 yen, but if I'm going somewhere that costs more I just buy the 120 or 160 yen ticket and bust through the gate. I've done it at least 100 times or so without any trouble. All it does it make a little ping-pong noise which goes off every 15 seconds or so anyway. Just keep walking and you'll be fine. Even if you are confronted (which WONT happen unless there are police stationed there in an obvious position) just pull the gaijin card and start speaking English to the guy. He'll probably just let you go. This technique is called the gaijin smash and has saved me hundreds of dollars.

You can get food for under 500 yen for most meals, but Japan has some excellent food. You'd be cheating yourself not to go out for some decent meals. So I'd budget at least 2000 to 2500 a day for food. Pick up some breakfast from a convenience store for a few hundred yen, get a cheap lunch for 500-600 yen, and treat yourself to a (relatively) nice dinner for 1500 yen or so. Even if you don't use that much you'll need about 300 yen or so a day for vending machine drinks and whatnot.
>> Anonymous
>>62356

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As far as hotels I've never stayed in a hostel (I live here so no need), but capule hotels are lame to stay in unless you are totally drunk and just pass out. People are noisy and they are cramped. Budget at least 4000 yen a night for a room, or figure out your hostel situation well in advance.

You'll probably want to check out at least a few attractions while you are there (which cost 800-1500 yen each, depending), so give yourself about 5000 yen budget for sightseeing.

So if you can get a ticket for $1000, $250 for your room and board, $150 for food, and $60 for transportation, and $50 for sightseeing, $1,500 should just cover you, but be aware Japan is good at spending your money. I'd get together at least $2000 for a week trip and you'll be able to buy some cool shit to take home. If you have extra money in the end that's gravy, but running out of cash in a place like Japan sucks. Set your budget and exceed it by at least $300.
>> Anonymous
>>62356
Fuck you, seriously. I hope you get caught doing that, and I hope they toss your ass in jail over it. If I ever see some foreigner crash a subway gate, I'll drag his ass to the nearest koban myself. What the fuck is wrong with you that makes you think it's OK to go to another country, particularly one as peaceful and crime-free as Japan, and break the law?

To OP: Obviously if you would consider that you're a piece of shit, but nevertheless I'll give you a little warning. If you do happen to get caught, you will be in a shitton of trouble. Minor crimes are punished harshly, particularly if they're committed by foreigners. The Japanese police can hold you for up to 23 days without charges, then release and immediately re-arrest you indefinitely. They have a 99% conviction rate, mostly through coerced confessions. If you're lucky they will only deport you.
>> Anonymous
>>62362

Seriously, no one gives a shit. If you walk closely behind the person in front of you sometimes the little buzzer doesn't even go off. True, if it's a little local station with two gates it's very obvious but if you are in Tokyo there are so many hundreds of people walking through those gates at any moment it's so easy to slip by. The trains go on whether you pay or not. If you want to waste your money that's up to you.
>> Anonymous
>>62365The trains go on whether you pay or not. If you want to waste your money that's up to you.
Where do you think the money to build the trains comes from? Aside from that, it's the law and the rule of polite society. What makes you think you're entitled to something for nothing? It's not a matter of how obvious it is or not, it's a matter of principle.

It sucks that Japanese people hate foreigners, but with people like you living here it certainly comes as no surprise.
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>>62362

Oh, and these are not all of them by any means, but here are some tickets I happen to have laying around. Each one of these represent $5-$10 I didn't waste on the train. Call me cheap but the train lines many a killing anyway. I'd like to see you pull me to a koban chumpcake!
>> Anonymous
>>62367

Sorry, I don't have that principal. Not paying the train company an extra 5 or 10 bucks doesn't keep me up at night. No one gives a shit and it doesn't affect anyone. Sorry it's not polite enough for you. No one notices anyway.
>> Anonymous
>>62367
>>It sucks that Japanese people hate foreigners

also, way to generalize and feed into the stereotype buddy. if you open up a bit you'll realize this isn't really true in most cases, but I'm sure if gives you and all your gaijin buddies a lot of funny stories to tell at the Blarney Stone.
>> Anonymous
lol awhile back there was another post about someone mentioning busting through the turn styles in Japan.
>>62368samefag?
>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
>>62368
Fuck you you sack of shit. People like you are why no one likes gaijin. I would punch you in the face and haul you into a koban if I ever saw you in person.
>> Anonymous
As long as you speak Japanese their prejudice melts like snow in the sun. Most foreigners who took the trouble to learn Japanese also to adapt to the Japanese society when they are in Japan.

It's just the bastard gaijin like the loser above that help maintain the "foreigners can't behave properly and cause crime" notion. Ah well, there are parasites in every society.
>> Anonymous
>>62566
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>> Anonymous
Im a gaijin and I enjoy engaging in sexual relations with Japanese females.
>> Anonymous
>>62579
who doesn't?
>> Anonymous
>>62580
Japanese males, apparently.
>> Anonymous
Since I don't want to start another thread on Japan: does anybody know any delivery health services in Osaka that serve gaijin? A shower and a blow job is enough for me, no need for actual fucking.
>> Anonymous
>>62865
Come to think of it, I havent been to the soaplands and health clubs of Osaka.

Around Umeda I think?
>> Anonymous
>>62958
Yeah, Umeda has a lot of those places. I once picked up some free catalogue of health clubs from a porn shop, but never actually went there. If you can find the latest edition of the catalogue, there are discount coupons in it.
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>> Anonymous
>>62356
>>62357
>gaijin smash
>I live here

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