Spending Money

[-FIGJAM-]

Hey Guys,

Me and a mate are looking at going to Tokyo for a couple days.

How much spending money would get us through 2-4days?

$6-700AUD be enough to go to clubs, shops and eat?

Cheers,

[Beer Baron]

I would say 20,000JPY a day will be enough. I mean if you have one good meal a day in tokyo there goes 8,000JPY. drinks in clubs will be around 1,000JPY. a taxi or two each day for short trips will be 2 or 3,000jpy. and if you want to buy anything then add that on top.

but if you just want to eat cheaply then you can get a meal for around 1,000 but beer is the killer at most places, even cheap ramen bars etc. basically like in normal life you'll have to tailor your spending and activities to your budget. I could easily spend $1,000 a day in Tokyo without going stupid. and I could probably live on $150 a day if I really had to. the fun zone is somewhere between the two.

[akeenan]

The average entrance fee to a Tokyo club is 3000 - 4000 yen (sometimes as high as 6500, depending whats going on there) , can beer = 700 / 800yen , cocktails minimum 800yen

entrance(3500~) +beers(maybe 8 6400~) + food afterwards (1000+~) + train fare(500~) or taxi (2000~+) = 12900yen = 173.80AUD

as beerbaron said a good meal in tokyo is about 8000yen (id even say a little more depending where and what you order), you would probably eat out every night.

1 club + dinners alone = 600 dollars (for a 4 night stay)

then add, public transport / taxi rides + breakfast + lunch + vending machine drinks anything else you want to buy

at the moment 700AUD = 51,000yen

for a good time in Tokyo, including clubs , shopping and food. For 2 nights 6-700AUD just might be enough, but for 4 nights no way.

Edited May 7, 2009 by akeenan

[Beer Baron]

yep, that all is about right. and if you []i]really[/i] want to have fun it's not hard to spend decent money in Tokyo. I've spent over 100,000JPY one 1 dinner for 3 people. It was good but not super extravagant. especially when you're on holiday you don't want to be worrying about money. well at least I don't. just enjoy and worry about it later.

oh, and the 100,000JPY place was porterhouse in azabu. it was amazing. the best steak of my life. and the alaskan king crab cakes were excellent.

[AGE]

Don't go to "Big Echo" Karoke... i spent well over $100 for 2 hours with 4 beers. Big echo is the multi-chain one...a bit like the Bunnings of Karaoke

I found a cheap good karaoke bar in Shinjuku, which i got for 3 hours and 6-8 beers for $60. I'd tell you the name, but i was VERY smashed after it....sorry.

Don't forget 7-11 and the like sell beer, and there's always beer vending machines. Hell even the suprfunhappydiscountkingpenguin shop sells beer

If you can't find cheap beer in Tokyo then you should probably stick to milk ;)r

[akeenan]

well over 100$ for 2 hours with 4 beers? jesus... hmm actually because of the exchange rate id say thatd be about right... im guessing that was a friday / saturday night?

go there during a a weekday and that $100 would have been 2 dollars hehe

[Merli]

Whatever you budget, make sure you double it.

Those coffee vending machines are addictive and when you visit them 5-6 times a day, it adds up

"Hot corn chowder soup? Yeah why not... I'm freezing my tits off... Sounds good!"

[AGE]

well over 100$ for 2 hours with 4 beers? jesus... hmm actually because of the exchange rate id say thatd be about right... im guessing that was a friday / saturday night?

go there during a a weekday and that $100 would have been 2 dollars hehe

Thats was last year in May...when the AUD was on Par with the Yen , and yeah it was a Saturday night in the Ginza, Big Echo Karaoke

[elrodeo666]

Magic words !! Nomitabihodai!!

Usually around the 2-2500 yen mark at an izakaya. Most are around 90min -3 hour all you can eat and drink. Theres some that are cheaper some more exxy but thats pretty much an average price and for any normal aussie beer pig thats cheap as chips!