Firstly godwine is that pounds or dollars you quoting 250 a day for? I am shocked at that number :S
Well we are each getting a japan rail pass before we leave as well. THis will cut down the travel expenses a bit will it not? We intend to activate the rail pass once we leave Tokyo to Nagoya.
Scouring through japanican.com for accomodation we are looking to stay in low budget accomodation nothing fancy just somewhere to sleep for the time we are there and to leave our luggage. Low bugdet hotels seem to range form 7600 - 9800 yen per person. The main problem is we dont really want to be carting our luggage on day trips hehe.
Is there maybe a cheaper alternative than low budget ryokan/hotels where it would feasable to leave luggage securely?
As for food I am not quite sure how expensive that is. I mean we dont intend to be eating in fancy restaurants etc. From Hosetek's guide it seems to each from 5 - 20 dollars for food depending on cheap places you eat etc. I guess the same can be said for places like Kyoto?
Btw guys thankyou for the advice so far
