Im going to Japan next summer for 2 whole months. Ill be staying in Tokyo because im going to a school (summer) there to learn a bit of japanese while they take you sightseeing etc.
anways. I wanted to know if you can eat cheaply there? My budget is $10 a day. Obviously I'll buy things and take them home, and use for more than one day.
I'm fine with just eating noodles lmao everyday, I love them.
Im wondering if you can recommend any cheap places?
or what KINDS of food are usually the cheapest.
2007-11-30 17:11:17 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Asia Pacific ➔ Japan
Hit the local super markets after 5 or 6pm. They usually have time specials around that time.... (I would go and ask the local store, if not look on their advertisement papers) they make all the delis fresh, and since they don't wanna waste them, they will discount the price so that people buy more! My mom does that all the time. She gets a good cheap price for good deli! And you will have a bunch of different choice of delis.
Anything from the convenience stores are not that expensive. I love the rice balls, and the cheapest ones are like ￥110.
Hope this helps! Have fun in Japan!
2007-12-01 05:53:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course as you mentioned buying and making your own food comes out cheaper then eating out everyday.
McDonalds has a 100yen menu (like the dollar menu) obviously don't eat McDonald's everyday, but I'm saying that is an option.
When you go grocery shopping, go shopping when they have discounts, usually when the store is about to close (1-2 hours before closing) for the night there usually discounts on certain food items, eg bento items that would otherwise expire the next day (and they can't sell them), so if you are out late before the grocery store closes, stop in and you might find some bento items half priced off (depends on grocery stores). And I mean a real deal grocery store, not a convinence store.
2007-11-30 17:22:23 · answer #2 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The Yoshinoya gydon chain and it's imitators are cheap. The Lotteria hamburger chain is cheaper than Mcdonalds, and tastes it. If you go to the department store in the evening, they have discounts. If you cook your own rice, you can always buy the rest of your meal elsewhere. Have egg and rice for breakfast, make your own onigiri or bento for lunch, and buy some meat to go with your rice for supper. I'm big on yaki-soba and yaki-udon and that's a cheap and tasty meal. Fried rice is really easy to do and it's a good way to use up leftover rice.
If you eat instant noodles all the time, you are putting way too much salt in your body. Japanese food is supposed to be healthy, but watch out for all that salt in cup noodles, soy sauce, etc.
2007-12-01 00:39:01 · answer #3 · answered by michinoku2001 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
1: Beef Bowls, cheap, filling and Yummy
2: Yakitori stands
3: Okonomiyaki ..think a do it yourself pancake. you choose the ingredients, then grill it on a burner right at your table and serve with a brown sauce or mayonnaise. often considered poor starving college student food.. cheap, plentiful and tasty. Although their idea of 'sausage' is often a hot dog.
4: pick a street vendor. some of the BEST food I ever ate was from street vendors. *loved* taco-yaki.
5: in the basement of many department stores there will be bakeries and other food vendors. the bakeries often had a daily special for lunch that was very inexpensive. some sort of filled bread dough or calzone wanna-be
6: KoKo Curry. best.fast.food.joint.EVER.
2007-12-01 10:06:14 · answer #4 · answered by Mrsjvb 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-09 23:47:31 · answer #5 · answered by xie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like the cup noodles in Tokyo! Just pour hot water and voila you get a nice bowl of hot noodles. There are many types. I particularly like the big bowls. Try looking for them at am/pm. There are also bread for USD1, which you can eat for a day! Worth it!
2007-11-30 19:50:45 · answer #6 · answered by tahan92 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Japan is a very expensive country. 10 dollars aday won't get you much. The grocery store there or the 100 yen store.
2007-12-07 16:34:08 · answer #7 · answered by BigBuggie5 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
These are reasonable price of food in Japan.
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2007-11-30 21:58:47 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋