Is Japan expensive?
 

How much does a typical lunch meal and monthly room rent cost in Japan?

Anywhere from "affordable" to "ungodly expensive". It depends where you live, mate.

Why, are you thinking about buying the entire country? O_O

haha, I knew SOMEONE was gonna say that!!!

And it just had to be me :cool: But I bet you knew that too =P

lol, If I knew you were online, then I would have known it was you... But because I didn't, I cannot take the glory of knowing that as well!

Ah light hearted banter. It's so fun to watch with a cup of tea :rolleyes:

my parents say it is expensive, BUT they say that about everything.
Yeah, they're pretty tight with money.

Maybe its the chinese thing. >.>

Most Asians are tight with money. I'm sure Tokyo is pretty expensive in comparison to say.. Osaka or Kyoto.

Food is not too bad I think.

You should be able to find a decent lunch around 500yen and there are many choices.

For the rental cost, if you get a place at one of those guest houses, monthly rent will be around 70,000~.

If you want to get a place by yourself and want to live in particular areas, then it could be very expensive.

The graphic below is regarding apartment prices:



From: Most expensive cities in 2008


In 2006, Tokyo was 4th in the ranking of the living cost among different cities.

im not surprised at london being the most expensive place there is.

either way, that would still be a " yes. japan is expensive" but thats only in some cases.

Anything in the big cities is going to be pricey. Go to the tourist spot in Japan and I'm sure it's an arm and a leg. All depends though.

Hah, I'm off to Cairo or Shanghai then... Damn that amazing city which goes by the name of London :mad: