average meal in tokyo ?
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Echeverry
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I would say at a typical noodle place, not too shabby but not extremely nice, the cheapest you could do is about US $8. But expect to spend more, like US $11-12, and that would be for one (small) main dish. I would budget at least US $30/day for food, and that would obviously not be eating out at nice places.
Transportation: a metro ticket is at least 160 yen (about US $1.50) for one trip; it's more the further you go. You can get a day or weekly pass and I believe the day pass might be about 1000 yen (almost US $10). So again, I would budget at least US $10/day for transport.
Don't hesitate to ask if you have more questions! :cheers:
Transportation: a metro ticket is at least 160 yen (about US $1.50) for one trip; it's more the further you go. You can get a day or weekly pass and I believe the day pass might be about 1000 yen (almost US $10). So again, I would budget at least US $10/day for transport.
Don't hesitate to ask if you have more questions! :cheers:
SleepIsTheCousinOfDeath
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Tokyo is expensive as fuck. If you want to drink, take U2 fan's estimate and double it. Atleast if you drink like i do
tumblezweedz
TPunk Emeritus
Local noodle shops are probably your best bet - order a bowl of udon or soba and you'll get a pretty filling meal for not too horribly much. McDonalds and other fast food places are going to be costly - that beef's gotta come from somewhere, right?
Also, it's not very exciting, but rice is cheap and filling. Sushi and sashimi are expensive and most Japanese people don't eat it frequently. You can buy rice balls in supermarkets (onigiri, I think - gak! I'm forgetting my Japanese, help me someone!), some have fish inside, some bean, you won't know til you try it. But "sake", in addition to being the drink, is also the word for salmon. It's a pretty common filling for the rice balls. They're tasty, inexpensive and a very common dish - all the kids at my daughters' school ate them for lunch every day.
If you have a hankering for meat, you can get yakitori just about everywhere - skewers of meat in a special sauce. Yakisoba is another commonly available meal (all street festivals will have stands selling the above, and it's usually a pretty decent helping.)
For drinking, tea is probably your cheapest option - you can get bottles of (cold) green tea in a million different flavours from vending machines everywhere.
Oh, corn soup is another readily available meal, and you can also get that from vending machines - when we were there it was roughly 150 Yen for a can - about $1.25. On a cold day, it was just great - even just holding the warm can made life better. Many vending machines have both hot and cold sections (hot=red, cold=blue), so if you like your coffee hot, press the red button, otherwise, cold coffee!
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Also, it's not very exciting, but rice is cheap and filling. Sushi and sashimi are expensive and most Japanese people don't eat it frequently. You can buy rice balls in supermarkets (onigiri, I think - gak! I'm forgetting my Japanese, help me someone!), some have fish inside, some bean, you won't know til you try it. But "sake", in addition to being the drink, is also the word for salmon. It's a pretty common filling for the rice balls. They're tasty, inexpensive and a very common dish - all the kids at my daughters' school ate them for lunch every day.
If you have a hankering for meat, you can get yakitori just about everywhere - skewers of meat in a special sauce. Yakisoba is another commonly available meal (all street festivals will have stands selling the above, and it's usually a pretty decent helping.)
For drinking, tea is probably your cheapest option - you can get bottles of (cold) green tea in a million different flavours from vending machines everywhere.
Oh, corn soup is another readily available meal, and you can also get that from vending machines - when we were there it was roughly 150 Yen for a can - about $1.25. On a cold day, it was just great - even just holding the warm can made life better. Many vending machines have both hot and cold sections (hot=red, cold=blue), so if you like your coffee hot, press the red button, otherwise, cold coffee!
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omisan
Minister of Offense
Onigiri is basically the Japanese cultural equivalent of the peanut butter & jelly sandwich. If you didn't grow up getting these in your lunchbox, you're a freak 
Hell, my mom still makes 'em for when I get on a plane or go on a road trip if I'm leaving from my parents' house! haha
Hell, my mom still makes 'em for when I get on a plane or go on a road trip if I'm leaving from my parents' house! haha
omisan
Minister of Offense
Hahah.. sorry, I meant if you're Japanese and didn't grow up on those, you're a freaky freak freak.
So what convenience food do the Québécois grow up on, anyway?
Oh, another cheap meal in Japan can be okonomiyaki. They're these big pancake type things often filled with cabbage & various seafoods (cuttlefish, dried bonito, etc.) and you dress 'em with this brown sauce type stuff, ketchup, mayo, soy sauce, you name it. Pretty good stuff, if a bit heavy.
So what convenience food do the Québécois grow up on, anyway?
Oh, another cheap meal in Japan can be okonomiyaki. They're these big pancake type things often filled with cabbage & various seafoods (cuttlefish, dried bonito, etc.) and you dress 'em with this brown sauce type stuff, ketchup, mayo, soy sauce, you name it. Pretty good stuff, if a bit heavy.
tumblezweedz
TPunk Emeritus
Yeah, my kids were those onigiri free freaks until I got the hang of them. Of course, as the only gaijin in their school, they were always the freaks! One time at a Japanese friend's house she and some of her friends decided to teach me how to make onigiri properly, and then giggled uncontrollably at my rotund and lumpy attempts. They could knead a perfect flat triangle in three squeezes. I guess I'll never be Japanese...
Omi, I forgot about the okonomiyaki! I even took a cooking lesson to learn how to make them, but it was just way too fiddly for my food prep tolerance level. Yummy though!
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Omi, I forgot about the okonomiyaki! I even took a cooking lesson to learn how to make them, but it was just way too fiddly for my food prep tolerance level. Yummy though!
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Echeverry
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Little note for the peeps that are going there. . . The subway closes at 0:00 and opens at 5:30 a.m or 5:00 shit I forgot! but it's like at that time, in other words just go clubbin' and stay until sunrise. (Ah my eye! MFing contacts!) :greenguy: once again if you want the club listings in whichever area of japan you are going to be visiting just let me know.