I will be walking across Japan, how much money is sufficient?

Question

What would be some items i would need to buy and how much money would i need about? (it would take about 6 months I recon)

Answer 1

The book you should read is The Roads to Sata by Allen Booth. He did it and then wrote a great book about it. Obviously you need to buy good boots, a backpack, rain gear, and some maps. It would cost about 3000 yen a night to stay in a youth hostel or sauna. I would budget about 2000 yen a day for food-convenience store onigiri etc. would be the ticket. You could probably come by the kindness of strangers from time to time or camp, sleep in a station, etc., depending on the circumstances. Therefore you could think of a absolute minimum budget in the neighbourhood of a million yen.

Answer 2

What nationality are you? Do you have a visa that allows you to stay in Japan that long? If you are a US Citizen in Japan as a temporary visitor, the maximum you can stay is 90 days.

Answer 3

Japan is VERY expensive! Think of it like a backpack trip across Europe. Of course it depends of how luxurious you want your walk to be? Staying at family inns, or onsens?

Food, I think, is especially a killer. And hospitality is awesome, so everything costs more than what Americans (?) expect for room/board/food/travel?

6 months is a while. Bring a lot of $$. Gomen, can't do more, because it really depends on activities, what you want to do on your trip!

But enjoy, have fun, Japan is AWESOME!!

Answer 4

You'll need enough money for one meal because japan is very small and you should be able to cross it in one day.

Answer 5

I'd listen to TokyoE, again. You can't do this on a tourist visa. And you're talking thousands of dollars.

Answer 6

Maybe you could bring a tent so it will be less expensive?