How Can the Most Expensive Place on Earth Be Cheap to Live In? I know a lot of people that never make it over to Japan because they fear the cost. In recent surveys, Tokyo and Osaka have climbed back up to the top spots as the most expensive cities to live in around the world, having surged back on the strength of the Yen this year. Unfortunately, they’re right. Japan can be an extremely expensive place to live. Standard prices across the country means that you rarely see discounts, even when you escape to the countryside. A beer in a conbini in Tokyo is probably going to be the same as in a conbini in the middle of Shikoku, and you might find that taxis in the countryside actually become more expensive. Traveling around by train can destroy your pockets, and you’re not often going to find cheap hostels like you’d find in most other countries. But I’ve lived here for three and a half years now and I’ve saved more money than I could have possibly ever hoped to save in the US. Here’s how: anothershittyblogbysomedouche.wordpress/2009/06/18/how-can-the-most-expensive-place-on-earth-be-cheap-to-live-in/ live-jpn/?lang=en
Posted on: Fri, 27 Sep 2013 03:38:10 +0000