Tere!
I finally summed up the expenses on the trip to Japan in 2022! Since Estonia and Japan surely use different currencies, some are calculated in EUR, others are in JPY.
There are 11 items.
Quite a lot!
To use this article as a reference for my next trip to Japan, I categorised them.
Table of Contents
1. Flight tickets
2. Transports
3. Food and drinks
4. Cosmetics
5. Socialisation
6. Amusement park tickets
7. Accommodation
8. Souvenirs to myself
9. Souvenirs from Estonia
10. Souvenirs from Japan
11. Others
★Total expenses
1. Flight tickets
Let’s begin with the flight tickets!
Without them, we can’t start our trip to Japan!
I booked the flight tickets on Finnair for September and October, which had one transit and cost more than 700 EUR. Then I booked the flight tickets on JAL for the same travel period, which had two transits and cost around 680 EUR. Due to the timing of JAL’s cancellation, the flight tickets that I booked on Lufthansa were for November and December, which cost 851.40 EUR.
It was expensive, but acceptable.
All flights above were from Tallinn to Kansai airport.
2. Transports
Then I’m going to talk about the transport fees.
The coach from Tanabe to Namba Osaka cost 2,900 JPY. Since I bought a ticket for only one way, it should have been more expensive than one one-way ticket of the round-trip tickets.
Plus, I spend 9,925 JPY for other transports in Kansai.
On my trip, the trip starts from the day when I leave home until the day when I come home, so all the expenses during such a time are included in the trip expenses. Therefore, the taxi fees to and from the airport – 15.10 EUR – is also the transport fee here.
3. Food and drinks
This is about the food and drinks. I don’t included the expenses for lunches and dinners I had with my friends in Japan. They are socialisation expenses. In this item, the contents are snacks and sweets I bought for myself, and food and drink just for myself (wherever I had such as convenience stores, supermarkets, cafes, etc).
This cost 25,536 JPY. Before I left Tallinn, I was too hungry at the Tallinn airport, so the hotdog I had there was 3 EUR.
I think I could save more money if I stayed in a monthly flat in Japan.
4. Cosmetics
I spent a lot of money on them. Lol
I used 26,373 JPY for makeup cosmetics. lol
The total cost for the perfumes I bought was 11,731. Since I bought 8 bottles, it makes sense… (but I think this information isn’t so useful lol)
I spent 8,5151 JPY for basic cosmetics.
However, at some point I was too lazy to categorise everything, so I believe I spent more.
In addition, I purchased contacts for 90 days in Japan as they were slightly cheaper, which cost 5,596 JPY. (I bought them on Amazon.)
5. Socialisation
For the budget on socialisation, considering what to do in Japan, I made a plan to spend 4,000 JPY per meeting. I calculated separately when I needed tickets.
I used 30,639 JPY in total.
6. Amusement park tickets
As for the tickets at amusement parks, I spend 6,720 JPY which was cheaper than usual (by using the COVID travel campaign), Soraniwa onsesn cost 3,154 JPY (including the ice cream I had there), 3,500 JPY for buckwheat noodle making class, 1,600 JPY for illuminations, 1,440 JPY for atoa (aquarium) by using the discount.
7. Accommodation
On this trip to Japan in 2022, after staying at my parents’ place, I changed the hotel rooms. For this, I budgeted 70,000 JPY in total.
However, actually the total expense for the accommodations was 66,691. (Besides, I booked all of them on Booking.com, so sometimes I got 10% discounts and the total expense was below the budget!)
However, I still do prefer a monthly flat next time.
8. Souvenirs to myself
As for the souvenirs for myself, I used 68,091 JPY since I bought sloop-ons, a wallet, stationeries, Japanese foods, etc.
Strictly speaking, the cosmetics are for myself too, so I REALLY spent a lot for myself…
9. Souvenirs from Estonia
Regarding the souvenirs from Estonia to Japan, I bought sweets, bread and soaps. My selection was almost the same as what I bought for the trip in 2019. The difference I would say is that I chose the different band for the soaps or different tastes/flavours of chocolate.
The total expense was 56.16 EUR. (Is it too few?)
10. Souvenirs from Japan
There are no big differences between the souvenirs from Japan and those from Estonia. I spent 8,465 JPY.
11. Others
Let’s talk about miscellaneous stuff. As I have a chinchilla, I duplicated two sets of keys for my friends who took care of him while I was away. It cost 32 EUR.
Plus, I bought insurance for 33 EUR which helped me with the accident in the beginning of the trip.
What is more, what I needed while travelling in Japan was the internet. In my case, I had rented the mobile Wifi for one month, which cost 5,380 JPY.
Last but not least, I spent 9,215 JPY for the use of the internet cafe, watching and drying, renewal of the driving licence, etc.
★Total expenses
| Items | JPY | EUR |
| Flight tickets | 851.40 | |
| Transports | 12,825 | 15.10 |
| Food and drinks | 25,536 | 3 |
| Cosmetics | 53,924 | |
| Socialisation | 30,639 | |
| Amusement parks | 16,414 | |
| Accommodation | 66,691 | |
| Souvenirs for myself | 68,091 | |
| Souvenirs from Estonia | 56.16 | |
| Souvenirs from Japan | 8,465 | |
| Others | 20,380 | 68.56 |
| Sum | 302,965 | 994.22 |
To sum up all of these, I spent approximately 300,000 JPY in addition to 990 EUR. When calculating the total cost with the rate that 1 EUR equals to 140 JPY, it is around 440,000 JPY.
I’m not sure if this was a low or high cost anymore…
However, I am pretty sure that I spent lots of money on the makeup cosmetics, so next time I believe I can save more (or I don’t have to spend that much). But if I eat out more often, the total expense will perhaps be the same.
Maybe this is a normal value.
By the way, the daily cost is around 15,700 JPY. It sounds like one stay in a posh hotel.
Aitäh! 🙂
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