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Six Things foreigners feel are overpriced in Japan.
Japan is perceived as an expensive country by many foreign Some things are expensive, while others are cheaper depending on what country you compare the price, of course.
Recently the lifestyle website Ms. RiRi published an article, which gives six examples of what foreigners in Japan has found that more expensive than at home.
Although there are many restaurants that offer reasonable prices due to the prolonged recession, many foreigners still say that the food is expensive in Japan The only problem is that the portions are too small, it is more expensive for people who eat a lot more, some foreign people felt that international foods such as peanut butter, tacos, pizza, etc. are quite expensive.
The land of 10,000 yen foreign melons are perplexed as to why so many fruit items are considered as luxury gift items for 2000 yen a piece of fruit gift packaging that could cost Japan 2-3 in the Pineapples US and bananas are the only cheap fruit, it seems.
Japanese education is certainly expensive, for example, many foreign people say that the backpacks used by children of Japanese primary school examination fees tuition for entering university, and so on, are exorbitant Japan also has cram schools, which are not very common abroad, which adds to the cost of the overall education of the child.
The average price of a movie ticket in the U S is 7 to 95 about 640 yen in Japan, you have to shell out at least 1,800 yen.
The price of beer in Japan is four times more expensive than in Germany and two times more expensive than in the US also, wine prices in Japan are four times more expensive than in France He says the Germans drink beer like water and drink French wine like water, because they are so cheap.
Some foreign reported that skin care products in Japan are three times more expensive than in the US In general, the Japanese can spend much more money on beauty products that people in other country.
The items above are just six examples There is a lot more if you spotted something that strikes you as too expensive in Japan, share your comments.
In general, the extra money you pay is for a supplementary service or better quality Want necessarily much though.
Movie tickets can be more expensive, but the seats are clean and in good condition and you do away with bubble gum stuck to your shoe.
Japanese fruit is expensive, but also meticulously cultivated He does not think his distance effort is good.
Eating costs, but I would rather have that bland vegetables wilted and cooked food sloppily I would get home, even if they give you more There are several foods that I liked until I came to Japan and have served as ex else matters.
And wine prices seem the same level elsewhere at the grocery store all alcohol is more expensive in the bars and restaurants but not family because you are paying for you to pretend are part of the nobility and a schmuck with a towel over arm pour your drink in style that I could do without it, but in Japan, this illusion of greatness seems to be on the agenda.
In addition, the price of wine in Japan are four times more expensive than in France.
France is wine, so of course it will be cheaper there, however, if you aren t talking about price restaurants, retail wine prices in Japan compared to the United States for the same quality of French wine or Italian are very reasonable, especially if you go to one of the online stores Rakuten.
Okay, except education and skin care has never used these two classes personally.
What happened to CD, DVD and Blu-ray on this list Recommended retail prices in stores, the price on the obi band is the price you pay everywhere and the price is ridiculously high in Japan remains almost the only country in the world where an imported disc is cheape the national version.
I'll have to disagree with some of this list.
Alcohol is here dirt cheap compared to Canada, the UK if you buy the shop and to eat.
Eating here can be cheap for lunch Game Dinner can be expensive but it is now less than 10 years ago.
Skin Care No idea that I bring my own home, I can not find a face cream which is not a bleach.
I agree with the comment of fruits and movie tickets Disagree with the review but the seats at home aren t comfortable I would prefer a movie house without obachans Yattering far during the movie - big house seats also.
What I find is the expensive pizza image reminded me how a scam is, cheese, vitamins, feminine products, things like gel, hairspray, shampoo And of course, rent.
Milk No one in the family drinks things, but I buy 178 yen skim things, the woman buys whole milk 289 yen and drinks.
Everything is in cereals, so I don t care if it is whole or skim.
The main problem with the Japanese skin care products is that there is little or no humane products, which is a more effective deterrent than the asking price to the sales lady and all you get is a look Body Shop and Lush vacuum have much good, not products, whitening They may be more expensive than at home, but it is worth it.
Number 4, you might catch a midweek morning to 8 - but realistically, you're looking at 10 Furthermore, it is the cost of concessions that nuclear weapons completely budget if you go to the theater's wise BYOB because it's available as soda.
Well, things seem much less expensive if the dollar bought, say, 130 yen.
Skin care products Heck, even the ridiculous exchange rate of 77 yen to the dollar once mighty, 100 yen for a jar lotion for skin Aloe makes my hands and nice, smooth face is not dear There is a plethora of good things stores 100 yen.
I thought alcohol was fairly cheap here, if you buy it in a store, for example, About 1000yen for a bottle of Smirnoff vodka I think that's about a third of the price of it in Australia.
Don t buy fruit lot these days because of the expense.
Yes, movie tickets are a scam I guess the reason why most people download these days.
When I went to the United States for a visit, I was shocked to see how low the prices were for skin creams, makeup, medicine and stuff so lucky, I do not really know about Japan that I just used Nivea products I always think fragrance in Japan is quite cheap though.
I think the meat is pretty cheap here if you do not buy Japanese beef breast chicken fat is half the price of what it costs in Australia but it is difficult to find a whole chicken cheap unless it's Christmas time.
And yes, the DVD thing but I'm not complaining that I'm storage on DVD namely US foreign They are so cheap if they are not new releases.
Cheese, meat and fresh vegetables should hit list in my opinion Oh, and by the cheese, I mean the real stuff not the processed slices that like to go for cheese.
People complain about the pizza much of the cost of delivery In Nagoya we have a place called Mama Maria's Pizza are 1 2 prizes if you pick Got 3 large, very delicious pizza there some nights for less than 3000 yen.
Regarding education, you pay now or you pay later where higher education is concerned and in the states the university fees are not cheap.
Pizza Ha ha ha I buy 3 pizzas cheese delicious fresh way to the supermarket to 680 yen.
If you eat exotic foods from a long way from where the restaurant is, you can expect to pay a lot for it Japanese food is expensive in London and Sydney, I do not know about others country.
the Okinawan food in Okinawa is remarkably cheap, you can get a good, filling breakfast for 500 yen An evening meal style Okinawan with shouldn drinks t cost you more than 3000 yen But if you are waiting for a meat slab cow that weighs on the side plate for the price to pay for it in Texas, you'll find.
Beer and wine are expensive but this is the tax, so that the government is to blame here.
However, awamori is not expensive and there are hundreds to choose Recently we drank shochu Kokuto raw sugar Amami Oshima which is cheap and very good The best way to get the wine in Japan is the order by Internet companies such as Rakuten or Mattox have a good selection of wines, many are in the 1,000 yen a few supermarkets bottles end know how to keep wine and even put it near a window, so the time you buy, it is becoming vinegar companies that ship with Internet and know how to keep their wine is always in excellent condition when it arrives.
Eat and drink what the locals in an area and you will find good food drink at reasonable prices.
Why crab legs cost so much here, I get the same as those in Florida for half the price, and they come here.
I think I have dissagree the Theather movie thing going to the movies is expensive in Japan, but from what I heard from my parents back in the United States go to the movies, you have cost about $ 12 now so it may be a bit cheaper in the United States, but not nearly as cheap as this article makes it sound.
Pamelot exactly I was in San Diego recently, and they were waiting 20 I can not believe electronics and cars were omitted from the list based on where u live outside Tokyo and downtown other cities, the rent is at par or cheaper elsewhere, near 0 interest that you can borrow for really cheap especially on a mortgage for a house.
As for pizza, eating out is 50 cheaper than delivery and better pizza and sometimes u get a salad bar included uve to find these agreements.
Pizza is risky This way, Pizza Hut Hut pizza not when salvation is half price if you take Makes a great luxury pizza just 1500 yen.
Prices are unforgivable bread and rice A bag of 10 kg of rice costs in the region of 4,000 yen for domestic rice in Japan In Canada, 10 kg bags of rice grown in California can be had for less than 10.
The bread is the same 200 yen for six slices Give me a break.
What makes me is the registration and administration fees they have on certain services here, I mean things like key money and other additional costs 10,000yen mobile in signing fees for martial arts in addition to monthly fees and annual fees for membership fees for language schools in fact privately in my previous school in central London was cheaper even than some group lessons here and it was expensive in London.
For food, especially supermarket food, the big problem is the lack of offers and promotions in the UK, although core prices were quite high, you can usually save money by taking advantage of prices for half price and 2 for 1 and the like in Tokyo t this gift seems to exist if the grocery store tend to be much more here for me.
Japan is cheap compared to Australia invitation to those who feel the need to prove me wrong.
Seriously, how much Japan had inflation over the past two decades 10-20 Meanwhile Australia has managed to become one of the most expensive countries on Earth The average person can not afford a house - Japan understandable to some extent, but not quite in Australia completey laughable.
Owning a car and learning a traditional Japanese instrument was the most expensive things for me to agree with Julian about these fees when I was renting a parking space, I had to pay a man and half as expenses handling and if you want to be a member of any group or organization, you will be raped against the yen.
Regarding alcohol, 100 yen for Chu-Hi box at least in 2007 the supermarket compared to about 3 times more than the Australian equivalent.
Only six All except for computer parts IMHO To add a little more, rent, software licenses, transport costs.
Agreeing with ReformedBasher, Japan is not the dear country as it is reputed to be longer compared to Australia Sydney Melbourne prices there is as expensive, if not in Japan, you're also getting a level of more hospitality, service and convenience for the price.
Agree with most of the things mentioned, but I disagree with alcohol In Australia you pay betwwen 35-44 AUD buy a 700ml Bacardi, vodka sminoff, JW BLK I can pick up here for the wine also 1000 JPY's dirt cheap here although you can choose a good bottle of Bordeaux 1000JPY compared to Australia, Japan is cheaper, absolutely no question, from child care to the property.
Pizza is risky This way, Pizza Hut Hut pizza not when salvation is half price if you take Makes a great luxury pizza just 1500 yen.
Pity great pizza in Japan is more like a way if you're lucky.
Fees Japanese Paper Trail As mentioned above by others, those stupid thingys to reach almost everything Then they make a promotion with half or no membership fees; they should not even first.
And quite agree with the supermarket offers; here seems to be special is like WOW 50yen off but not enough to float my boat Peacock Having said that, along with having too crazily corner Waitrose prices; they sometimes 40 not frozen products have a fantastic selection if WOT do against the Japanese Veg frozen at Christmas was in search of potatoes; 398yen for a bag of four small macqueens.
Cheese is crazily much better deal than I thought price was Yamaya, 800g block for 1200 yen mozerella or Gouda.
In general, the extra money you pay is for a supplementary service or better quality Want necessarily much though.
Nonsense Japan fit in a single service box is inflexible and limited as I also describe here a managed service that rarely comes to hospitality as in other countries I have spent a lot of time.
Finally, this additional service is it in regular retail purchases management down old wine locker in my supermarket offers a formula in the new well stocked and well organized rack in the supermarket Seattle certainly no shortage and type of wine in Seattle may recommend, very well I might add, a wine for every discerning customer and all for a range of 14- 30 for regular wine in hand, the new wine shop in Kokubunji must ask almost anyone in the store before making the most predictable bottle again, where is the additional service and quality.
Japan I am very sad and sorry to inform you, but you are torn fo as here, I can understand the import costs add ons, but domestically produced things like pizza should be a little more expensive to cover higher wages and costs not double or triple the price and for a quarter of the size of foreign competitors in other countries.
And another note, I do not know what others define as pizza But the cardboard such as pizza offered by most delivery chains in Japan are not the quality of frozen pizza cheap in the US Even not.
Tofu and takkyubin are reasonable Crazy elements are those that are off by a factor of more than ten.
ASPIRIN US 100 tablets of 100 yen 1,000 yen Japan 12 tablets almost 100 times the price.
RICOTTA CHEESE 800 g 400 yen Japan 200g 1,000 yen Ten times the price.
What is far too expensive here are the highway fee - as taxpayers, we pay for them buit then slugged so strongly to use - a real flight of the road - weekend drive cost me about 2,000 yen for 70 km loved recently driving around Aussie Christmas time agree with other posters - many things in Australia are much more expensive rents esp mortgages, eat, drink outside, visiting a way doctor less vegies such as fruits, cosmetics main consideration in these comparisons is that the average individual salary buyying power in the given country also its meaning.
Has anyone else mentioned DENTAL FLOSS Outrageous Japan No wonder have bad teeth.
The list is cheese, fruit, beans, gasoline, car taxes, highways, housing tax.
real cheese vegetables are very expensive on this point, has anyone seen rutabaga or parsnips rutabagas Japan.
Noripinhead - yeah I cringe when I lack Over 500 yen for the chain, but it is a must have for me.
real cheese vegetables are very expensive on this point, has anyone seen rutabaga or parsnips rutabagas Japan.
Funny you should mention it, I'm in an eccentric Japanese restaurant last night and the cook served what he called Amerikan boufu, which proved to be the parsnip They grow in Eniwa and Niseko, Hokkaido.
The only problem is that the portions are too small with the physical state of these many gripers are in, wouldn t therefore be educational and a favor to their arteries One serving and some are actually real sizes Watch a recipe.
Domestic flights, especially if booking shortish notice.
I like to compare the price of cookies in the supermarket.
Foreign brands like Oreo and Chips Ahoy are in packages that are almost 100 Packed with cookies The price per cookie actualy they are far less expensive There is very little empty space in the boxes and packages without unnecessary packaging.
Japanese brands like My Country am swollen with packaging and air They generally cost more than those still import the same size package usually gives about half as much actual cookies you pay twice as big for the privilege of getting a group of unnecessary extra packaging.
wise, there is not much difference in quality Basically, Japanese biscuits companies are simply totally ineffective against foreign brands.
Tis kind of comparison can be made with many things in the supermarket and also Its what Chalmers Johnson called dual economy in Japan Youve a lot of industries as export-oriented automakers and electronics compete on the international market and have therefore become very effective then the rest you've got the economy that serves only the domestic market, and until the United States began demanding Japan opens its markets, didn t have to deal with much in the way of the pressure Kine.
Remember, even these inefficient industries survived Japanese biscuit manufacturers in the normal economic logic should all have been removed in the import of better quality, cheaper imports even now the shelves of grocery stores are still stocked wtih many Japanese made cookie grossly inflated prices, they probably have an advantage in terms of better catering to local tastes out there that aliens.
Thepersoniamnow There is some validity to the portion size, even for thin people like me My health stirfry Thai in Seattle is 11 or about 880 yen now the same dish exactly where Thai cheap in Tokyo costs JPY1,1000 but is less than 1 2 Size.
Now, Seattle stirfry that can easily be shared FRO two Tokyo share Generally dishes too, which often amounts to a full pair of fork before it's gone.
You can rationalize all you want, but the ingredience are available on site The cost of retail privileged space in Seattle is not radically different from the site on the Chuo line there and the service is on the same So where is the dramatic cost per gram disparity from Better yet, why.
Agreeing with ReformedBasher, Japan is not the dear country as it is reputed to be longer compared to Australia Sydney Melbourne prices there is as expensive, if not more.
It depends on what you're talking about high quality fresh food in Australia is cheaper.
The average person can not afford a house - Japan understandable to some extent, but not quite laughable completey Australia.
Why understandable Japan In Australia, people expect a lot more in a house Many people plump for a small apartment in Japan, which has no equity in Australia people want a house with a backyard.
2,000 yen for a piece of fruit gift packaging that could cost Japan 2-3 in the U S.
Bad writing - the United States of trying to buy the exquisite fruit wrapped gift, you can buy for 2000 Yen in Japan, and how much it will cost if you can, I bet you can t.
One can get 1kg of medium apples for 3-400 Yen, or you can pay 5-800 Yen for a single apple completely organic extraordinary quality Sun-Fuji king of flower, hand pruned and selected gift wrapping They taste better than the bland taste, chemically grown apples buys an average supermarket.
The price range is so wide in Japan because the range of services is as broad as well.
The only problem is that the portions are too small, it is more expensive for people who eat a lot.
I feel sorry for that person, as I am pretty athletic to 85 kg 187cm, but almost never felt that the game is too small addition, there are so many tabehoudai - eat as much as you can the place of all Japanese guys, Italian, Indian, etc., etc. of high enough quality that it is also a non-issue.
Thepersoniamnow There is some validity to the portion size, even for thin people like me My health stirfry Thai in Seattle is 11 or about 880 yen now the same dish exactly where Thai cheap in Tokyo costs JPY1,1000 but is less than 1 2 Size.
My gripe with the food in the United States and increasingly in other Western countries is that the portions are too large that achieves one of two things or wasted food fat people Unfortunately, people are accustomed to these sizes and feel ripped off if they get under my father also used to say that you should leave the table feeling a little hungry, I would agree.
The only problem is that the portions are too small.
5 years after his return, me, my wife and 4 year old son still shares a regular portion of fish and chips in Australia For years I have told my Japanese friends that overweight Australians are rare to come back and see how things had changed.
At the same time, there are many more people who excercise but never shut up about it, I'm not a guy and I do not really care t how you run blah, blah Working girls outside but cool.
Anyway, the portions in Japan are good for me There is always desert if your still hungry.
Did I mention the tax in Australia is around 30 I'll have the thanks and Shaken reikin anyday.
We have just returned to America last year fruit here are tasty and cheap for me in Japan, of course foreign foods such as cheese, peanut butter, etc. are more expensive, but I always shopped at places Super Discount Gyoumu, stands discount vegetables etc and managed to cook healthy Japanese food, Chinese, Korean, Italian, American food etc using lots of fresh or frozen vegetables and meat and minimum fish I almost never threw food is I hardly ever went to the movies in Japan unless it was really worth Glad I'll be raising a child in the US, won t pay for education k-12 over juku unless I want.
One thing I wonder if others have experienced here is the ambiguity as to where your money goes when you pay or say Shinbokukai Chounaihi When I asked where the money went to these things, I arrived very ambiguous answers.
For shinbokukai, oh, well, it is for enkais and when I said, it seems a bit pricey for the whole year against the few enkais we have, I much of the money goes green tea and coffee for the office, and the refrigerator the refrigerator give me a break.
I do not think that even the Japanese indigenous people here know where the money goes exactly Nothing like a Shinbokukai Chounaihi or in my home country, but when I pay money I want to know where each yen will it seems there are all kinds of little fees here as those mentioned above, that people pay fair and don t really wonder why.
One thing I wonder if others have experienced here is the ambiguity as to where your money goes when you pay or say Shinbokukai Chounaihi.
If you stay long enough in your neighborhood and integrate one day you will find your turn to be on the committee chōnaikai, and you'll complain that enough is not do what you are supposed to organize an annual BBQ area 3 times annual cleaning, street, parks and meeting room campaigns, earthquake drill annual emergency fire, cleaning twice weekly waste stations and recycling stations, regular campaigns to remind people not to park in the street, pick up after their dogs, etc. etc. etc. It's my experience, anyway.
Another thing to remember at least for the British, some Europeans and Americans and is the relative value of money has changed dramatically over the last 4 years when I came to Japan on vacation, I thought everything was worse not expensive or reasonable comparison in the UK now, although many prices actually seems to be the same today as they were before, the fact that the book is so mean fewer things are more reasonable.
It still doesn t apologize certain business practices already discussed, but we should t ignore the impact of trends in currency exchange.
Perhaps in the interest of not block the server and put the site disintegrated, we should ask what things are 6 foreigners think at a reasonable price in Japan.
FamilienProblem movie tickets could be more expensive, but the seats are clean and in good condition and you do away with bubble gum stuck to your shoe.
In the days of old movie theaters in North America were as you mentioned; sticky floors, reservation system, feeling a little dirty, but these days they are few, if at all what is more, theaters in some countries are CLEANER, still a fraction of the price of a ticket Japan in Korea your average cheap movie ticket for matinees, another thing that Japan doesn t make is about 800 yen and theaters are very good and it's with Ladies Day Ladies Night was created for one thing BARS to bring more women, because in turn bring more men, who tend to drink more is ZERO sense to have a less expensive day for women, but not for everyone once a Some theaters week fortunately beginning to realize this and a movie company spoke to lower ticket prices at all levels not much - only 1600, but it is better than nothing.
Anyway, I agree with the list, more or less, although I've always found alcohol in Japan relatively cheap bottle of whiskey or case of beer in Canada is much more here, with high alcohol taxes in Canada, although the beer much of its best and there are varieties more.
And isn t pizza a little more expensive, it is much more expensive to have delivered, and much smaller sizes 1 to 2 forget, too, but some companies are beginning to offer a pizza at half price throughout the month.
And yes, the food at the grocery store is generally more expensive, especially produce and rice I remember when I noticed that many people go shopping for dinner that night, and the ingredients can cost or to more than one meal at Restaurant midrange hope that Japan joined the TPP sometime this century and that changes or at least gives the opportunity to change.
DVD's and CD's and some software is incredibly expensive here Photoshop Elements 99 in the US, but here is 15000yen Fruits and yes, the pizza too Tho mind I don t pay a good price for an alcohol pizza well done is roughly the same, but education, backpacks for kids are wow.
Well, fruits and vegetables are pure horror after the first shopping in a Japanese supermarket, I thought I must have misread the price tags 150 Yen for an apple at home, I get a kilo of them and even if i want to buy the same kind of apples to be imported from Asia - it is still less than half of the Japanese price.
Other food and basic as rice, bread, milk and yoghurt The reason is that many Japanese people don t cook at home, I guess the Japanese milk is far too expensive and they don ' not the milk that stays fresh for more than a week it's really bad quality cheese is a pain in Japan, but since most Japanese don t have a greater interest in the cheese.
Most other prices are pretty fair, in fact, they might be high, but in many cases, there are good reasons for such TX construction cost must be paid by the revenues of its commuters and some things are really cheap as Yamanote line or if some city buses tend to be a rip off compared to other transport costs in common, however.
Alcohol is cheap only in restaurants and that compares to other countries, I do not know any other country that offers a ten dollar nomihodai 90 minutes I had one last night Great stuff.
It is not the prices themselves, it is the huge gap between the expensive and cheap that I find incredible three or four hundred percent of essentially price differences the same article are not uncommon in this country I learned to be very selective about where I shop - this store to point A, this store to point B.
It takes a bit of leather shoes, but once accustomed, I found living in Japan to be quite reasonable.
room price of Hotel sucks How does the charge of Japan by individual price rather than a fixed price for the room I do not understand how me and my wife pays more for the same type of room one person rest in.
Skin care is expensive because Japanese women like abuse, I think it's the only thing that the price will never be down.
I can easily spend 3000-4000 yen for pizza barely 12 inches in diameter comes when I'm in the United States, I can spend a lot and 4-5 pizzas that are 18 inches in diameter delivered.
Tokyokawasaki I saw Swede and parsnip Deli Nissin Azabu Jubon there about 6 months, you need to remortgage the house to pay the cost of a very sick looking faded parsnips Veg Japan, if its not leaking or turnip is very expensive and very poor quality, and why is it not sold by weight and potatoes part, I never met the mankiest being sold at prices above what price would be a royal Jersey.
Pizza is cheap crap that I went to the store to see 400 yen to 2 diy small simple pizzas and not to mention just below I buy the large already a supreme pizza for 300 yen you kidding For $ 5 America, I could have 2 large pizzas plain milk and cheese are quite expensive too much bread on the other, it depends on where you go, I can get 8 slices of bread without crust or 99yen 65yen but the expiration date is usually close, but it is generally good once I put it in my fridge.
Skin care products are here are particulalry expensive, it was a bottle for 700 yen 300ml size lotion I could have bought the same lotion botttle size for 4 dollars back to the United States.
Also I Noticed floss is placed in an incredibly expensive case, 500 yen for the cheapest thing silk and is slighty poor quality in us, I could buy about 6x the amount of thread for the same price, better quality.
My previous post should be Leek course wrist slap.
Fruits and vegetables are very expensive in Japan and sold in small packages too, I do not know who told the Japanese people that their diet is the healthiest in the world with the small amount of vegetables and fruits they eat, I completely disagree.
I agree with everything except food if you eat Japanese, it is very competitive.
This list is for American Vs Japan, food and gas and movie tickets are cheap in America compared to the rest of the world.
If you live there for a while, you figure out Cheap least.
What is really shocking is the international air tickets I do not really understand why there is such a difference in price for the exact same ticket.
frozen fruits and vegetables purchase really cheap is Costco has offers, also with toilet paper Buy your vegetables on Tuesday and they are half price Aeon.
Compared to the Philippines, almost everything here in Japan is expensive cigarettes to drink canned SMS costs I could buy a bag of 50 kg of rice compared to 10 kilos bag here.
But to be fair, computer parts, some gadgets, Internet rates, no cell phone Plans call rates and many other things here are cheap can also get items at a reasonable price if you can Japanese Internet surfing.
When I arrived in Japan there are almost, I was a little surprised how twenty years some items cost compared to similar products at home I d buy a can of soda, convert the dollar costs of US and I think to myself, wow, it was expensive I probably had two or three boxes for the same price back home probably everybody does something similar when they get here and I have things experienced similar when I visited other countries, as well as tourist convert the cost of new dollars in not only US but also the yen.
However, I'm not a tourist I live here, so I'm just trying to think in terms of yen I just buy things that I want or need because I want to, or need I do not worry about how the same item can cost in some other country Knowing that my can of soda is cheaper in another part of the world, does not taste worse If I feel that something is too expensive for the value it gives me that I simply t buy seems so simple for me at some point, if you are choosing to live in Japan and by constantly comparing your life to how it could be somewhere else seems to be against-productive.
Other things I find really expensive, and my two main complains are the national medical insurance, although med actual costs are lower than back in the US and costs involved with moving into a new flat surface flat.
When foreigners live, earn and pay taxes in one country, they should not compare this country home, it never works, the house will AllWays best I've lived abroad for 13 years and 8 countries and we must simply accept differances Complaining doesent fix if you are not happy to go home.
Itunes Apps Almost everything published by Japanese companies on the site of iTunes applications store is about 4 times what I would be reasonable.
New DVD's release have too pricy, so you just know where to look I will haunt the bargin of yesterday I took Star Trek on Blu-ray for 1,000 yen and a mixed CD electro Dble 290.
Your suggestions are great if you have nothing better to do with your time than going to a store to purchase one or two items each to make sure you get value for money, but if you then factor in gasoline and time, then there is no problem that efficiency is Japanese supermarkets are too small and have limited applications to get everything on the shopping list that you end up going several different stores, is boring.
Six Things foreigners feel are overpriced in Japan.
I do not need to venture further than 2 train stations to satisfy all my mostly done by bike needs Like I said ask and find out what the recommended places.
As I tried to point out, shopping in general is too expensive in Japan In other countries, you can go to a supermarket and get all your needs in one place for a reasonable price, however, in Japan, you must travel in different stores to get your shopping done While you can spend a few yen less per Spud when you factor in the travel and time to do so, it would be cheaper to buy the spuds too expensive, on average, are not ready at the supermarket.
Quite a lot of things in Japan are expensive for the quantity and quality you get and fresh fruit and vegges are probably the best example, followed by domestic companies travel and intercity trains, also the fact that you need pay television or are supposed to anyway.
Okay with the price comparison back home; compare things back with the prices in the UK there are about 10 years isnt help, and I just depressing that I try not to, but sometimes can not help meself.
Recently, I feel things become Grand undervalued.
One liter of Jim Beam hardware store for 1480 yen incredible, I can not do it in Kentucky for that price.
A word Costco yes because I can go to the movies at Costco did they sliced fresh fruit so I do not think I can sit at a Costco with my wife and order a pizza stone baked.
cell phone plans with unlimited data in my home country, Sweden, less than 1000 yen in Japan is 5,500 yen a stupid ISP charge 315 yen Call rates are about 10 times more expensive here.
Cigars, cognac, caviar, truffles, pinkie rings, a good monocle.
What had auto trains domestic flights is ridiculous, cheaper to go abroad taxis cost 1,000 yen 3kms, if anyone knows any other country which is more expensive, please let me know what on motorway tolls Shinkansen costs triple double compared to amtrak in the US.
A word Costco yes because I can go to the movies at Costco did they sliced fresh fruit too.
They have fresh fruit and knives From there, the math is not difficult.
Quite a few foreigners I met in Japan are so wicked and stingy it seems that everything here is too expensive for them.
You can go to the 100 yen shop with them and they will always complain about how expensive it is.
What about Japan seems to attract these foreign stingy.
It is also interesting to see some comments on how the pizza is cheap in the United States compared to Japan.
OK, the pizza could be cheaper, but Sheez, look at the terrible cost in terms of fat-guard.
I buy things skim 178 yen, the woman buys whole milk 289 yen and drinks.
The problem is your wife, not Japan Milk is not expensive here.
I will also add that in gym memberships are a scam 10-9, 10-11 if you are lucky machines Crappy some decent class, they meet the old farts Before anyone tells me to join a gold s I mention that not all of us have around them as not all of us have a Costco or Ikea - damn Nagoya.
foreign magazines here as repulsive in the price.
What decently priced one alcohol - in a shop, not a bar tobacco 2 coffee I don t smoke but damn, it is waaaaaaaay cheaper here than home 3 English newspapers Yes, they are small and so on but at least we get on the same day as the locals and they aren t too expensive Try to find a Japanese newspaper abroad they'll be a week and cost a fortune 4 bananas Way cheaper here than home 5 all of the 100 yen shop you can buy things more decently here that 1 00 or 1 stores cheaper books for the exchange rate lunch 6 games, I had soup, pasta, all you can eat pizza, a drinks bar and three small pieces of cake for 1200 yen would have a hard time finding this house.
Totally agree, some places in Japan seem to respond well to the foreign crowd with Ikea, Costco to name a few, but for some reason isnt Nagoya on them We actually pretty slim pickings here when it comes to being able to get foreign food or even a good selection and yes TMG is an option, but i want a Costco.
And there was, I think everything is really cheap deflationary spiral, 100 yen shops, shouchuu by charging prices like water bucket and shopts recently as online where you can get Chinese product merchanise imported peanuts because of super strong yen and real estate, if you like the countryside is so cheap, it makes me feel guitly Sometimes houses are given for free Japan is the consumer paradise, unless of course want foreign things like pizza in Durr calories.
So many words on pizza Personally, I have not come to live in Japan and expect to see the same pizza for the same price as ours There is a high quality abundance of food at very reasonable prices, you should know where watch true, the beer is expensive, but as has been reported by others, other alcoholic drinks are cheap Shinkansen is expensive, but regular trains are not.
Ranger is expensive cheese true, so I import directly from Europe If you do not buy the spirit in bulk, like 4 to 10 kg, there are some Japanese online shops that are inexpensive.
Thank you so prices high yen pie are now greatly reduced.
Will you guys year mystery Y100 real ales Fess up man, I do not buy haha.
Of course, you do not buy, because you do not know where to buy, haha Imported beer discount stores sell alcohol from time to time for 100 yen can these actions do t lasted long, I think because of severe opposition from established national brewers.
Thank you so prices high yen pie are now greatly reduced.
domestic Camembert is cheap and not bad I would go to if I imported Brie.
Franchesca Miyara Yang to January 24, 2012 - 10 32AM JST.
Pizza dear Maybe if eating these fancy Italian restaurants, where the pizza didnt half the taste of an Italian restaurant My advice for pizza eaters is COSTCO, 1200y you can eat a huge, full of cheese.
Similar to the previous mentioned Aspirin Paracetamol also called Tylenol or Acetaminophen Here, I pay, what 10 euros for 10 tablets While in the Netherlands, I receive 50 tablets for 1 euro I used to stop attacks come migraine, I very often unfortunately Fortunately a friend brings me a little when she comes to visit him soon, which should cover the period until I return.
I have some pie Meiji and I thought it wasn t too bad, however, the brand camembert before I had a snow mark was not pie in my book, it tasted good ish when I did not compare with more pie, so maybe I'm biased one.
Restaurants, education and alcohol you kidding You are obviously not Sydney This place rocks over Oz.
4 movie tickets really have to be an airhead nobody is going to the cinema these days and in any case to pay 1800 yen is just nuts.
Japan is very cheap for all over Oz Even including the plane ticket, can I have an overseas stay much cheaper with budgetting care course I can never have at home except for movies but I get my fix at the Japanese Film Festival when he was in Sydney food, transportation, accommodation, sites, while ski-ing is radically cheaper in Japan regarding the benefits, if you are nice to people and stay in cheap places, it is amazing how the fruits without much quality is around this doesn t make the grade for sale No course melons.
If you are nice to people and staying in cheap places, it is amazing how the fruits without much quality is around.
Dang, I'm not nice to people and staying in cheap places and I have never seen good quality fresh fruit.
The cigarettes are much cheaper in Japan than they are in the UK.
If you live in Japan, you will have time to find specialty stores and discount stores to produce almost all this way, you can buy cheap meat, soft drinks cheap and not any fundamentally expensive in the supermarket price well, if you want to live in Tokyo instead of a suburb, you have to pay huge costs, usually for a parking space for your car.
Any reasonable seems likely caused im from Australia, where the cost of living in major cities is almost exactly the same as Japan If anything I found most things to be cheaper.
It is understandable that people from North and South America, Indochina areas found to be too expensive stuff in the US is much much cheaper, but you have to switch all the time.
As a country rule with a higher cost of living have higher paying jobs, so it evens I think the minimum wage in Aus is 2 or 3 times that of the Americas This means that there no need to tip.
Well, the last time I have a pizza in Japan, I went to Costco so expensive night train, onsen, gasoline prices, motorway tolls, car rental.
AH who cares about cinema tickets if I don t go there.
Japan Today, Japan, good quality free, good quality fresh fruit, are friendly people.