Is Tokyo really expensive city in world?

[VansTripp]

How are expensive about food, clothing, rent (apartment, questhouse, loft or condo), metro, car, gasoline for car, house price and bills (water, electric, gas and garbage).

Does people from job in Tokyo earn more Yen (money) for can afford the high cost of living? How much on federal tax, state tax, sale tax and property tax?

Does you think that, Which is better life? Los Angeles or Tokyo

[v9]

Depends what you like. Suburbia or urbanism? I just had a huge debate with a suburbanite friend who said LA has higher quality construction than Tokyo. I completely disagreed.

[Isan]

Simply Coca-Cola Theory

Yen 120 in JP
NTD 12 in TW
Baht 12 in TH

How U think ??? ;)

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[Nick]

Tokyo aint cheap.

A beer in most areas when going to a bar is about 10 US dollars.Osaka its only 5 US dollars

Rent is up there.For a small,much smaller than western standards,studio appartment the prices are around 90,000 yen a month.900 US dollars.

Transport is cheap.The subway is about 150 yen,$1.50US for one average distance trip.

Gas is about the world average.$1.20 US a litre(Sorry I dont know gallons).

The big supermarkes like Jusco,Daie etc.... are expensive with the prices pretty much the same all over the coutnry.

6 slices of bread is about $1.70US
A supermarket can of coke is $1US
A bag of 6 average size potatos is $1.80 US
A can of beer(500ml) is $2.50 US
A bottle of imported US,Australian or French wine is $10 US(not bad really)
4 Bananas about $1.20 US
Rice is about $20 US a kilogram.Ouch!!!!

Electronics is very cheap compared to countries like Australia and England that have to import all this kind of stuff.

A 32inch TV.Average size I think.$300
A 20 inch TV.$200 US

[alex92]

$10 for a french wine ? I guess it's not a good wine though :D

[zergcerebrates]

Coffee at Ginza can cost US$10 for a little cup.

[zergcerebrates]

Depends what you like. Suburbia or urbanism? I just had a huge debate with a suburbanite friend who said LA has higher quality construction than Tokyo. I completely disagreed.


I agree. Tokyo has much more better buildings than LA, BUT LA has better houses. Most buildings in LA are old and outdated take Hollywood for example its dirty and old as hell.

[Isan]

Yen 1000, would be able to buy a lot @ locally ;) apart from premium location among TYO

BENTO (http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=118503)

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Full set of Oshi meal [ 1 bento + Oren with soup + fruit & even a small cake/dessert ] :cheers:

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[Draff]

It really depends on where you shop.
The one thing that I found really pricy was grocery shopping. Sometimes I would easily spend a couple of thousand yen on groceries and that would just be for 1-2 days of food.

[Trances]

I did not find it costly at all !
I dont know about rent
but shopping was no more costly than Australia and much less than the UK
as far as supermarket food. Discount shop travel i though every thing was very fairly priced.
Maybe because i did it on the cheap and dont expect much. But as far as entry level i would say Japan is very cheap for "western" modern city

[Isan]

Except for Transportation fees :D

Canteen at Dept. store are mostly at economy means
I used to be gorging at all time :) and shopping at local wholesale market too

Akihabara is the place for shopping of Hi-Tech device at bargining and cheap
Great Fun and pleasure ;)

[Isan]

Aoiyama, Rupoggi, Ginza and Akasaka are the place to which most costly to spending all over the world as I thought

Can't to lingering without of having money :runaway:

[VansTripp]

I don't want live in Tokyo or any Asia biggest city because I'm deaf guy. It was so hard to find good job in ASia if they were deaf or hearing impaired.

[Nick]

$10 for a french wine ? I guess it's not a good wine though :D

Average bottle.

10 US is what you pay for pretty decent wine in most countries

[Nick]

I don't want live in Tokyo or any Asia biggest city because I'm deaf guy. It was so hard to find good job in ASia if they were deaf or hearing impaired.

You could get a job working in deaf school teaching sign language in English.Tokyo is a big city that accomodates all walks of life.No problems for you

[Nick]

I did not find it costly at all !
I dont know about rent
but shopping was no more costly than Australia and much less than the UK
as far as supermarket food. Discount shop travel i though every thing was very fairly priced.
Maybe because i did it on the cheap and dont expect much. But as far as entry level i would say Japan is very cheap for "western" modern city

The UK was dirt cheap for Supermarket food.I could buy apples for 10p when I was living there.And samon steaks for 1.50 each.All this and more at sansburys

[Nick]

Coffee at Ginza can cost US$10 for a little cup.

Easily 10 bucks.Those traditional Japanese coffee houses are bloody expensive.Thats why starbucks is doing so well in Japan with the 3 Dollar US lattes

[VansTripp]

How much make salary for job about teaching people to how english sign language?

Does Tokyo need no car?

[Draff]

You definitely do not need a car in Tokyo. Most of the people I meet leave their cars home anyway when they go to work.

As for salary, I'm not sure. I know it's not much I'm pretty sure a shoebox (accomodations) is included.

[VansTripp]

What is accomodation means?

[TRZ]

Tokyo aint cheap.

No, but it isn't insane like some people would lead you to believe. Knowing some Japanese can lead to a lot of saved cash though (or if not saved cash, cash very well spent).

A beer in most areas when going to a bar is about 10 US dollars.Osaka its only 5 US dollars

??? There ARE places that do charge that much, but if you've been around, you can generally find alcoholic drinks for 500 to 700 or 800 yen, not 1000. If drinking is your game though, the most important Japanese term for you is "nomihoudai". This is all you can drink (usually within a 2 hour time-limit though) and costs anywhere between 2000 to 4000 yen, depending on where you go or what plan you choose to go with (some plans have a limited selection of drinks, others are no holds barred).

Rent is up there.For a small,much smaller than western standards,studio appartment the prices are around 90,000 yen a month.900 US dollars.

No contest, for something actually within Tokyo-to proper!!! Tokyo may well be the world's most expensive. Things like guesthouses can be cheap by comparison though, albeit far from ideal living. On the otherhand, bloody expensive guesthouses also exist. If looking for a place to live, look for a good "Fudousan", which is a real-estate agent. Be careful, some are crooked. Good ones can really get you your money's worth, although it will usually be in regards to location for $ rather than sq.m. for $.

Transport is cheap.The subway is about 150 yen,$1.50US for one average distance trip.

It's rare that you will be travelling that short of a distance though. It is also rare that you will travel entirely on one transit provider if not living within the inner city. When you switch providers, you pay a new fare (even if using the same card/ticket). This depends a lot on your travel patterns, that much is true, but 150 does not get you very far, at all, IMO. There are well over 10 different railway transportation companies in Tokyo. Each one seems to serve a certain area (like Tokyu serves Yokohama/Kawasaki and connects it to the JR Yamanote Line, and Tobu virtually owns the northern suburbs' railway market).

[TRZ]

Aoiyama, Rupoggi, Ginza and Akasaka are the place to which most costly to spending all over the world as I thought

Can't to lingering without of having money :runaway:
Aoyama and Akasaka are pretty much the same area. Upperclass and very expensive. Wealthy business district with a lot of international business going on, a few embassies in the area too.

Roppongi is your designated nightlife for tourists zone. Being geared towards tourists will obviously mean it is more expensive than other areas. Roppongi Hills is another world of its own in expensive, but for different reasons.

Ginza is another planet, I don't know how that district stays alive being out of so many people's price range.