So! Are you planning a trip to Japan, want to visit sometime soon? Very good! But you might be wondering just how much a trip to Japan costs, right? I’ll share my own experience with you so you can get a nice little jump start in setting up your own trip, flights, hotels, food, and much more included.
First of all, let’s start with the flying. Suggestion: take a look to JAL, Japanese airlines Website. Japanese airlines are very professional, safe and they’re not too expensive, either. There are a lot of direct-flying flights to Japan. On average, $1,200-1,500 USD are needed for a round-trip ticket from Chicago to Tokyo.
How long does a flight last?
Well, a lot. About 12-13 hours. Make yourself at home.
Let’s see… Now you’re in Japan! You’ll need an accommodation. Maybe in Tokyo or Kyoto. I suggest you to stay in Ryokan.
A ryokan is a type of traditional Japanese inn. They feature tatami-matted rooms, traditional food, public baths and they’re very friendly. If you are planning to stay in Kyoto I suggest you check out Ryokan Kohro: I’ve spent about two weeks during my trip to Kyoto there. The cordiality and decoration makes you feel very welcome. Price is around 10,000 Yen per night (about 90 USD) and even includes an abundant breakfast.
In Tokyo, I suggest you check out Edoya Hotel, very clean (well, I have to say that every public place is very clean in Japan, you’d will be amazed at the cleanliness of streets, public toilets and metro) and cheap. It’s just a short-haul from Tokyo’s center and it even has Onsen (thermal baths) too! The price is about 7,800 Yen per person, per night (About 70 USD).
So, let’s recap on charges! About 1,200 USD for the trip and 1,000 USD for 2 weeks on a Ryokan.
And… how much does “life” costs in Japan? Not so much different from here. With 20 USD you can have a complete meal, with about 8 USD you can go around on the metro for a whole day. Let’s say that with about 800 USD you can eat delicacies and explore all the city for 2 weeks, with metro or train included.
Overall, you can have a good trip, without too many renunciations, with about 3,000 USD.
Remember that some travel companies specialized in Japan travels, could make you spare about 50% on the stay. A travel company is very useful, because they can tell you all the information you’d need about time for check-in at the airport, organization, Japanese welcome procedures, hotel reservations and so on.
Do not forget your passport! If you don’t have one, remember that you’ll need 2-3 months to get one!
Of course, all out-of-pocket expenses (manga, gadgets, hi-tech goodies, etc.) depends on you! 😉
Do not forget to read our Japan Guide, free and funny! 🙂
Hey thanks for writing this article. I am doing a research project in high-school called the odyssey. Me and a buddy are supposed to pretend to go on a 3 week trip to any country outside of North America. Both of us only get $3,000. (USD) Your article (along with many others) helped me to figure out the average of food and hotels. Thank you very much for sharing this with the public. It is really helpful for people who have a project to get done, or just want to know more about Japan. (By the way, i like the anime and stuff in your pictures. Very creative)
hey 🙂 i did a project last year, just like urs, i was just roaming through old projects in my usb. btw do u know a school named georoge washington high school? lol
Thank you Devin I’m glad to have contributed to your research 🙂
A wonderful article. I might also add – if you want to travel around Japan – purchasing a JR pass. For 2 weeks, it will cost about $490 USD, but it allows you to ride on all JR trains, including the shinkansen. We found it very worthwhile. JR passes cannot be purchased in Japan. They are only for visitors.
thanxs for the help we neede it!!
I love this article, I’ve never been to Japan I would like to go there some day so thank you for this article. I still don’t understand the money ways in Japan, so I’ll still need to do alittle more resarch about it. 🙂
oo, i love this. I’m getting ready for it. the money part that is, hopefully i can go there someday ^_^
For those of you that are wondering about the money process for japan, I found it to be a good way to estimate how much things would cost Yen to USD by just not using the period. Like 70000 Yen would be around 700.00 USD. Works really well right now.
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Not any more. Using such conversion you will get Euros, but not USD.
iam planning to have my honeymoon next summer at japan, am living at lebanon and my fiance is maerican but am lebanese. how much you think it costs us to go their including the paperwork (visa, passport… whatever we need), flight, hotels, tourisitic places….
I wanted to know if any of the prices that you listed in this article have changed any because I was planning on take a whole bunch of friends to Japan next summer and I just also wanted to know if there was anything that wasn’t mentioned in the article that you recommend? Thanks
hi! this is rohit …i need know how it cost to travel by train and bus in japan per liometers? plz help me…
I am taking my grandson, Kai who is 6 to Japan for 8 days as it is school holidays in Australia. He and I are so looking forward to going to all the beautiful places in Osaka including Universal Studios. I hope I can keep him out of the shops.
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Vivienne
AHH IT COSTS THAT MUCH?!!!!!!!!!!
I am happy that you posted this I really want to go to Japan and I this helps me get to know how much it would be. by the way I love anime and manga so I will be spending lots of money on things like that so that will probably be like another 500 dollars for me. Thanks again
Thanks alot for this! Maybe I’m blind and missed the answers to these but I have a few questions. Would these prices be per person? And say you had about 3-4 people going, what would your price range look like then? Thanks!
im from the uk how much is the flight from say manchester airport or edinburugh airport i live in scotland, i would like to go to kyoto and osaka and i would like to stay in a traditional guest house? thamks judi..
Japan omfg that much and 12-13 hours…ughhh but all worth it…-_- one day im hoping and praying that i would one day live in japan..*-* so..i better get started saving up.
Tamara. If you’re planning on living in Japan, you might want to go ahead and get started with learning their language and culture. I’m learning it from http://www.rocketlanguages.com/japanese. It bay cost a little but it’s cheaper than most language learning sites.
[QUOTE-START]Bradley @ 27/04/2010 – 21:32 – Tamara. If you’re planning on living in Japan,…[QUOTE-END]Wow that sounds pretty cheap.
thanks a billion but what if it isn’t a round trip
Thank you soooo much for this article!
It saved me a lot of time searching for flights and hotels to get an estimate on how much it would cost to go there.
Thank you from Maui~
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wow! its actually cheaper than i thought 🙂 i plan on going once i get out of college. how much would it be to go to college there for a year?
how much would it be to live in japan
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Thank you so much for this! I really love Japan and have wanted to go since I was very little. I love their culture and beliefs. This really helps me out! 🙂 Thank you!
Appreciate the information. Not many people stop by to give their regards in terms of appreciation.
But yea ! I am actually headed to Japan this December, I have not bought my ticket yet but I plan to do whatever task it is to get money to go.
I hope the prices haven’t inflated haha
I really want to go to Japan soon with my friend and this helped so much! i cant wait to go!
It is interesting to stay couple nights at Ryokan, but you can save a lot by staying the rest at hostels.
Here is my all spendings in 10 days
http://www.shorttraveltips.com/destinations/japan-travel-cost/
I always wanted to go to Japan……i think its great!!
This is some good info. 🙂
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hey thanx i am think on living there when i am 36 i got 16 more years to save up so thanks again that really helped
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