Japan on a budget.
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- neandersthal0
I grew up in Tokyo. Seriously hard to save money. Too much to see and do and buy. But if you want to do it on the cheap some things to keep in mind are:
As s133pycat said, if you're going to travel, buy the JR railpass before you leave for Japan. You pick it up at Narita and it allows you travel on all Shinkansen (excluding the fastest one, which is merely 20 minutes faster to Kyoto) and all JR lines like the Yamanote line and the NEX that takes you from Narita to the centre of town. You can buy a 7 day ticket or a 14 day ticket.
If you're going from Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka and back to Tokyo it's well worth the money.In Tokyo buy the Pasmo card for the metro (something the railpass doesn't cover unless the specific line is run by JR) and bus. It's the equivalent of the Oyster Card here in London. Makes travel a bit easier. And you don't look like a tard when trying to figure out how to buy a ticket. When running low on cash just charge it up at any station. You can also use it in some vending machines.
When it comes to food and you want to save cash money, eat as instrmntl mentioned Takoyaki, Ramen, Udon, Yakisoba and Curry rice. Cheap and tasty.
Also, if you'll be calling people consider renting a phone at the airport. Cheaper than using your own. You can also rent cell phones at Softbank (where you buy phones etc..) but when I went all the rentals were taken. Lame.
There's a tonne of galleries and one off things to do in Tokyo. Send word what you want to do and I'll send some shit your way. Was also in Kyoto a month ago so can help there as well.
- ramen in japan is NOT ramen in the US. it's so good, but here it's just fratboy food.cuke426