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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I dunno why Japan isn't more popular with Americans at the moment - we just got back from there, and it is amaaaaaaazing what the USD gets you there with the current weakness of the yen and a 140:1 exchange rate.  Tokyo is so absurdly cheap it is shocking. We walked by real estate agencies and saw so many apartments costing less than $1000 per mo.  You can buy fantastic quality lunch sets for less than $15 - and this is in swanky areas like Ginza.  Compare those kinds of prices to a sister first tier city like NYC where everything would be 2-3x cost.  It's truly remarkable how far the dollar goes currently in Japan.  As soons we got back home, we got sticker shock ordering two lattes alone from Starbucks that cost over $11.

Yes, I know there is a lot of macroeconomics issues behind the cheapness of Japan.  But I don't think I could recommend the country highly enough of you're looking to travel. The cost is sooooo much better than areas like Europe for what you get.  Take advantage of the dollar strength while you can![/quote]

yeah, i don't get all the weird excuses in the comment thread. everytime we come back from japan after a decent vacation or work trip we are sticker shocked.

Japan is cheap. Tokyo is cheap. The rural areas are cheap.

Again we are foreigners so there may be weird social undercurrents, but the price of stuff is cheap. Fast food is cheap, michelin starred restaurants are cheap, transportation is cheap, hotels are cheap, homes are cheap (yes even on sqft to sqft comparison), rent is cheap, food is cheap, healthcare is cheap. My comparisions are DC/NYC for urban areas and western MD/WV for rural areas. Japan is cheap, clean, and safe. Prices in Japan are like prices from the early 2000s here. There really is no way getting around it.

When you go you western europe, stuff seems compariable (some stuff cheaper, some more expensive), but Japan just is so cheap.[/quote]

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