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An Unofficial
Price List of Everyday Items in Tokyo.
You've
heard about the US$10 cup of coffee, the US$100 melon. Are things really
that expensive in Tokyo?
It's true it may cost $10 for a cup of coffee in Ginza, and there are
100-dollar melons. However, it is usually less.
This price
list is an attempt to show what ordinary things cost here. We've taken
out the extremes, i.e. these are not special discount store prices, nor
are they department store prices.
You may
find the
currency converter, or
near-real-time foreign exchange rates useful.
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foods |
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Bread |
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Yen
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white, sliced, 6
pieces |
200
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Butter |
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Yen
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200g |
310
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Cereals |
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Yen
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Kellogg's
cornflakes, 180g |
300
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Coke |
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Yen
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355ml (12 US Fl
oz), at vending machines |
120
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355ml (12 US Fl oz), in convenience stores |
115
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Chewing Gum |
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Yen
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10 pieces |
105
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Cigarettes |
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Yen
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king
size, pack of 20 |
250
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Eggs |
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Yen
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Pack of 10 |
200
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Flour |
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Yen
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1kg |
190
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McDonald's |
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Yen
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Cheeseburger |
160
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130
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| BigMac |
280
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| Egg McMuffin |
190
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| French Fries,
Large |
290
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Milk |
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Yen
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1 liter |
180
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Mineral Water |
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Yen
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Evian, 1.5 liter |
260
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San Pellegrino,
750ml |
320
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Orange Juice |
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Yen
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From concentrate,
1 litre |
170
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Pizza |
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Yen
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Domino's,
25cm, mushroom toppings |
3,000
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Rice |
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Yen
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medium-to-high
grade, 5kg |
2,000
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Salt |
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Yen
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1Kg |
105
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Spagetti |
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Yen
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450g |
300
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Starbucks |
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Yen
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latte or
cappuccino, short |
280
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| latte or
cappuccino, tall |
320
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| latte or
cappuccino, grande |
370
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| House Blend
Coffee, 200g |
760
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| House Blend
Coffee, 500g |
1,810
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Steak |
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Yen
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sirlon, from
Kansas USA, per 100g |
422
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Sugar |
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Yen
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1kg |
220
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Tea (English) |
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Yen
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Lipton "Yellow
Label" tea bags, box of 50 |
580
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personal care |
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Mouthwash |
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Yen
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Listerine, 1000ml,
Made in U.S.A. |
690
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Tissue Paper |
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Yen
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Klennex, 400
pieces per box, pack of 5 boxes |
350
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Toilet Paper |
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Yen
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45meters per roll,
pack of 8 rolls |
400
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Toothpaste |
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Yen
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Aqafresh 160g,
Made in Japan |
250
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entertainment
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Movie Ticket |
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Yen
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At The Door |
1,800
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In Advance |
1,500
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Video Rentals |
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Yen
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New Releases, 1
night |
500
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Older Releases, 1
night |
350
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communications
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Internet Access |
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Yen
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unlimited
analog/ISDN-64k dial-up, monthly fee |
2,000
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full-time access
via 128kpbs dedicated leased-line, monthly fee |
30,000
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full-time access
via ADSL, (down 1.5Mbps, up 512Kbps, roaming IP) monthly fee |
6,000
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Newspaper |
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Yen
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daily, Japanese |
130
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daily, English |
140
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Postage |
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Yen
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air mail, ~25g to
Asia, Guam, Midway, etc. |
90
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air mail, ~25g to
North/Central America |
110
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air mail, ~25g to
Europe, Mid.East, Oceania |
110
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air mail, ~25g to
Africa, South America |
130
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Telephone |
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Yen
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Installation
analog line |
72,000
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Installation ISDN
(BRI) |
0
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line installation |
20,000
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analog, home use,
monthly charge |
1,750
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analog to ISDN
conversion, one-time charge |
800
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ISDN (BRI), home
use, monthly charge |
2,830
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mobile phones,
incoming calls (air-time) |
0
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local call within
Tokyo, 3 minutes |
8.5
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transportation
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Petrol (Gasoline) |
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Yen
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regular, 1 liter,
+-10yen |
100
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Taxi |
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Yen
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type 1, for the
first 2km |
660
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| type 1, every 200
meters thereafter |
90
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| type 2, for the
first 1km |
340
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| type 2, every 250
meters thereafter, up to 2km |
80
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housing |
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An example of
the low end of the rental market; For 35,000 Yen a month, one can rent a
12 square-meters room. Such a room would have a sink inside and perhaps
a stove for cooking. It would not have a toilet nor a bathroom. There
would be one Japanese-style toilet (often being referred to as a "hole
in the ground") out in the corridor which is shared among six or seven
people. To take a bath/shower, one must visit the local public bath, at
a cost of about 700 Yen per use. We can't tell you exactly how many
Tokyo residents live in places like that but there are a lot! At the top
end of the market, you have places which are geared towards the
expatriate executives. These houses would have American-sized electrical
applianaces, which may be "normal-sized" in North America but aren't
easily available in Japan! Places like these would be 150 to 300
square-meters in size and the rent would range from 1,000,000 Yen to
2,500,000 Yen a month. As for owning a place, the average-of-the-average
Tokyo married-couple may be looking to buy a brand-new 70 square-meters
apartment at a cost of 45,000,000 Yen and above. For you to get a true
picture, you may want to know about other details too; Building
standards and architectural designs here is quite different. For
example, even for apartments with a floor space of about 100
square-meters, it is rare to find ones with two bathrooms and/or two
toilets. That may seem strange to foreigners but the fact that Japanese
families tend to share the same tub of water for bathing every night, it
is merely practical to have only one bathroom in the house! Moreover, a
70 sqare-meter apartment would be a 3-bedroom place, i.e. rooms are
small!
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