Everyone says Japan is soooo expensive. For the most part, however, we've found that if you make a conscious effort to keep cost in mind you can spend about as much money on things as you would back home. Our lunches have been about 20000 - 24000 yen, or about $20-24. Not too bad. Dinners have been about $32. We had a couple of fancy dinners out, like on Christmas Eve, but we've stuck to noodle houses and tempura shops in general.
Our first real sticker shock came today, though, when we went to the movie. One adult ticket is the equivalent of $18. ONE person! That is out of control. For two adult movie tickets, a small popcorn and a chocolate churro (Jon was all about the chocolate churro) we spent $40. I was really surprised by that. It is the first time something we've done or purchased in Japan has been significantly more than it would be back home. Yowza.
Today was a pretty relaxing day. Walking around Kobe, eating yummy (and perfectly reasonably priced) lunch in Chinatown, and then to the movie. It rained all day so it was a good plan. Tomorrow is a looking to be about the same. Then back to Tokyo and home.
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