Finance Wanted.

By Tien-Hao Wei

I have started this site on How to Save Money in Tokyo. If you are planning to study abroad in Japan or travel to Japan. It does you no harm just to take a glance at this article.

I came to Japan two years ago. My first impression of this country is that "why is everything so expensive here"! Maybe the reason is that I'm Taiwanese and I used to live in Thailand for six years. So I tried to figure out some ways to save money in Japan since I don't receive much from my parents.

Let's go straight to the point, "How to Save Money in Tokyo". I will be talking about where to get cheap and tasty food in this article. To save money, I recommend that you cook by yourself. Why? Because restaurants are what take most of your money away! In Japan, in most of the cases you buy your ingredients in supermarkets. So here's the point. most of the supermarkets have some of their nearly-expired product half-priced after 7 or 8 p.m. Even though it's said to be nearly-expired, you can still store them for a day or two. By doing this it reduces 50% of your monthly food expense. Isn't it wonderful?

Next, to save money in Tokyo, you will be visiting this place called "Shop 99" in Japan. It's like dollar shop in the U.S. Including tax, everything in Shop 99 is only 104 yen. (less than a dollar). The products sold in Shop 99 are not always cheaper than other places, so don't get tricked. However, most of the products such as beverage and snacks are a lot cheaper than other convenient store. For example, a bottle of coke in other stores is 140 yen but here you can get it with only 104 yen. That makes a huge difference isn't it?

I'll stop here for today. If you have any questions please contact me at tienhaow@gmail.com

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