[godwine]

I actually didn't find it expensive at all, how much would one generally pay for for a trip, say to the Bahamas? My rough guess is approximately 120-200 a day, and thats exactly how much you can expect to spend in Japan for a trip, and its not sub-standard style that you will be traveling in. You just need to know where to eat and do all your shopping.

So, taking that into consideration, I would imagine living in Japan won't be too too different than living everywhere else, as long as you make "local income"