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Originally Posted by Sangetsu
That should be plenty, particularly if you are sharing a hotel room. But be careful, you'll find it's very easy to spend money quickly, especially in Tokyo. Museum tickets, taxi fare, restaurants, vending machines, etc. I'm always amazed at how quickly such things add up.
The only shopping you should be doing here is for the typical souvenirs most westerners buy. With the exception of video game consoles and digital cameras, you'll find everything cheaper in your own country. On second thought, you're from the land of the "VAT", so perhaps a little more shopping would be okay.
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Game consoles are about the same price, the only benefit is that you have a choice of models specific to Japan only (for example, a light blue Nintendo DS). However, the same cannot be said about Cameras. Buddy of mine bought a camera from Takeya back in 2006, with tax excemption and all that it comes out to be about CDN$270, the very same model was selling for CDN$299+ Tax at the time locally, so it turns out to be about an 80 dollars saving (15% tax at the time)