Well, my friend and I have nailed down our plans for visiting Japan in August. Trying to go to the Anniversary Concert, though still haven't nailed down tickets. Sigh.
Anyway, airline tickets are paid for, and the apartment rental reservation has been placed with deposit paid. Thankfully, both came in significantly less than I had originally expected. We're also planning on getting a JR pass for the week we'll be there, but we can't order that until we're less than 60 days out, I believe.
We're trying to decide how much spending money to bring. We know that many places don't take cards, and even if they did, there's the problem with every transaction on the card having a currency conversion/international transaction fee tacked onto it. I've done some research online trying to get an estimate, but most of the discussions I have found are several years old, so I don't know how accurate their estimates are.
So, as a question to Scandal Heaven: If you have been to Japan in the last 12 months or so, what would you estimate as an appropriate amount for daily expenses (food, bus fair, snacks, incidentals, etc.)? This is separate from any exceptional expenses like part admissions or special purchases we wish to make. I'm jut looking for a base line amount from which to calculate the total amount of cash to take.
Anyway, airline tickets are paid for, and the apartment rental reservation has been placed with deposit paid. Thankfully, both came in significantly less than I had originally expected. We're also planning on getting a JR pass for the week we'll be there, but we can't order that until we're less than 60 days out, I believe.
We're trying to decide how much spending money to bring. We know that many places don't take cards, and even if they did, there's the problem with every transaction on the card having a currency conversion/international transaction fee tacked onto it. I've done some research online trying to get an estimate, but most of the discussions I have found are several years old, so I don't know how accurate their estimates are.
So, as a question to Scandal Heaven: If you have been to Japan in the last 12 months or so, what would you estimate as an appropriate amount for daily expenses (food, bus fair, snacks, incidentals, etc.)? This is separate from any exceptional expenses like part admissions or special purchases we wish to make. I'm jut looking for a base line amount from which to calculate the total amount of cash to take.