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i was going to tell her we bring clothes that we wanna give to goodwill, wear and throwaway and buy new clothes
Tokyo, Japan
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Currently in Tokyo with the family. Having a great time. The exchange rate is great; we're eating like kings for about half to a third of what it would cost at home. A couple more days in Tokyo then off to Kyoto for for the rest of the week. A+ international travel so far, just be prepared for a shitload of walking. We're averaging 20-25k steps a day.
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Kyoto is some good shit. Try some Juyondai saki while you're out there. Just go to a bar and order a glass. It'll run you like 2,000-2,500 yen, but definitely worth it.
PS - Buy some prescription glasses while you're there. It's so damn inexpensive. The eye exam is free at a glasses store, and they're able to make your new prescription glasses within an hour. Really fantastic service.
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I went to Tokyo for a meeting with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. I felt like Andre the Giant there at least height wise. MHI paid for everything so I ate a really great steak. I was only in country 24 hours. People were super nice and I'm sure there are interesting things all over. But too many people in too small an area for me.
I did get a short little intro from the company I went for on how to accept and present a business card. I don't know how many times they said "Don't go anywhere without a card". When you presented one the person would look at it and read it and look for quite a while. I had the feeling it was like being scanned and put into their memory bank and cross referenced with all the other ones they had got and they would never see it again. Multiple people I gave one too asked if I knew about the Alamo. Yes it's less than 10 minutes away.
I did get a short little intro from the company I went for on how to accept and present a business card. I don't know how many times they said "Don't go anywhere without a card". When you presented one the person would look at it and read it and look for quite a while. I had the feeling it was like being scanned and put into their memory bank and cross referenced with all the other ones they had got and they would never see it again. Multiple people I gave one too asked if I knew about the Alamo. Yes it's less than 10 minutes away.
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The police in Japan were very happy to stop you and ask who you are and why you are in their jurisdiction when I was there 30 years ago. If you don't have a reason to be there I imagine you would get Johnny Somali'd pretty quickly.
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I am thinking about taking a solo trip to Japan now that the divorce has been finalized and complete for awhile now. For those that have been there, how much does a 2 week trip cost, all-in? I'm looking for a ballpark and am not going to hold anyone to it.
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very affordable
i am assuming you will city hop from tokyo to kyoto to osaka, the 3 main tourist city so you'll need 2 week rail pass thats like from 800 to 1000 (if you want to have nicer seat)
round trip economy now is like 900ish, xmas time is 1500ish
nice hotels in tokyo (in tokyo center, not further away) is 150$ a night
lets say $2500 for lodging
so we're at $5000
then budget $100 to $150 for daily travel/food/shows/ tickets/nick nacks/gundams
and we're at 7k max
some days my wife and i spent $50 total, a 711 egg sandwich and coffee is like 4bucks(they have really good egg sandwiches), sight seeing, a few bucks for street food and a nice ramen dinner is like 20bucks for 2
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Depends on your standards. If you're willing to capsule life you can keep it to around 2.5k total. Lodging is going to be your biggest expense if not. Hotels get expensive quick in japan. JR-pass is non-negotiable. You must buy one if you're going to japan. Their public transportation goes almost everywhere quickly. Your food costs really wont be high at all. Japan's food is generally cheaper than the US and very high quality unless you're blowing money on exotic/expensive things.
A lot of events or places you can go are just straight up free and open to the public, and those where you have to pay are generally not that expensive at all. Many beautiful areas to hike/walk. I recommend taking a trip during cherry blossom festival, where the country is at its most beautiful. It's late march-april traveling from the south to the north.
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Rail pass pays for itself if you plan to visit multiple cities. When I went took a day trip from Kyoto to Hiroshima - took like 3 hours each way. The pass that lets you sit away from the rabble is nice since the cabins are virtually empty in business class or whatever it’s called
Food isn’t that expensive. Convenience stores and department stores are good options for cheaper cost food. Keep cash on you but most places take credit cards now except small hole in the wall spots. Unless they changed things, only reliable place a foreign debit card to withdraw cash from works is the post office.
“Golden Week” takes place in late April/early May. It’s a big domestic holiday week so it gets busy as citizens travel. Most major cities lots of people speak English, but they’ll love it if you try to speak Japanese (trying to speak broken Japanese helped me get past some “no English” dismissals from people, like when I tried to get a refund on my subway pass card). Tokyo subway you used to be able to buy a card and load money on it - makes subway use and transfers 100x easier. Even if you don’t like baseball, at least know about it. Especially top Japanese players - it usually gets brought up if you engage in conversation if they identify you as American
Food isn’t that expensive. Convenience stores and department stores are good options for cheaper cost food. Keep cash on you but most places take credit cards now except small hole in the wall spots. Unless they changed things, only reliable place a foreign debit card to withdraw cash from works is the post office.
“Golden Week” takes place in late April/early May. It’s a big domestic holiday week so it gets busy as citizens travel. Most major cities lots of people speak English, but they’ll love it if you try to speak Japanese (trying to speak broken Japanese helped me get past some “no English” dismissals from people, like when I tried to get a refund on my subway pass card). Tokyo subway you used to be able to buy a card and load money on it - makes subway use and transfers 100x easier. Even if you don’t like baseball, at least know about it. Especially top Japanese players - it usually gets brought up if you engage in conversation if they identify you as American
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Do not get the jr rail pass. They raised the price recently. And it won’t work on all the lines in Tokyo… like if you want to go to Odaiba. It is way easier to just pay as you go with an IC card.