price of foods in Japan

[samokan]

well you can actually save if you cook your own food, but if you are here only for a short visit, I don't think hotel would allow it unless there is a hotel that allow you to cook your own meal, oh maybe some hostel do..

cup ramen ranges mostly from 100yen - up

but if you really want to eat really good ramen, its usually starts from 700 yen..

and you can use xe.com to convert it to your own currency..

[burkhartdesu]

Sakura Youth Hostel in Asakusa has a small kitchen for everyone to use-- but you have to take your turn!

[kyo_9]

everything is not cheap these days.. but one thing for sure is that, there are 100 yen shop here in Japan.. a lot of food can be bought here like junk foods and stuff..

[HaruHotaru]

I visited the xe.com site, and decided to input if I had 20.00 to spend one day while I'm visiting Japan, and say, I'm staying with a friend (not living in Tokyo), how much yen would that give me?

Here's what the site said:


United States Dollars Japan Yen
1 USD = 91.8807 JPY 1 JPY = 0.0108837 USD

20.00 USD = 1,837.61 JPY

So to you guys who are also from America, is this good, or bad, or...?

[samurai007]

Originally Posted by HaruHotaru

I visited the xe.com site, and decided to input if I had 20.00 to spend one day while I'm visiting Japan, and say, I'm staying with a friend (not living in Tokyo), how much yen would that give me?

Here's what the site said:


United States Dollars Japan Yen
1 USD = 91.8807 JPY 1 JPY = 0.0108837 USD

20.00 USD = 1,837.61 JPY

So to you guys who are also from America, is this good, or bad, or...?

It depends... if you are a tourist in Japan and converting dollars to yen, you aren't getting as many yen right now... average is about 100 yen = $1, so this is a bit under that (91). However, if you are working in Japan and being paid in yen, you'll have more US $ when you convert over since it only takes 91 yen instead of 100 to buy $1, so that's a good thing.

[MMM]

Why fly all the way to Japan to eat cup ramen? You are on vacation. Plan to spend an average of about 3000 yen per day on food.