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Originally Posted by godwine
I don't know about Osaka, but according to my Uncle and cousin, its cheaper to eat out around Tokyo than to cook.....
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That depends on what you`re eating, and where you buy ingredients to cook.
Some things are going to be cheaper to eat out... And some things will be "cheaper" in broader terms because you don`t have to spend the time to prepare them.
But eating out all the time is going to be more expensive in the end unless you never bother to find a decent supermarket/grocery/butcher/etc. There is a huge price difference between them - go to some huge chain and you can expect to pay 3 or 4 times as much for some things as you would at a tiny little grocer on a back street.
Nagoya certainly isn`t low on the scale when it comes to the cost of living (Scored #2 in Asia, below Tokyo and above Yokohama!) but if you know where to shop you can definitely live for much cheaper and immensely healthier than if you were eating out every day.