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3.98 / 5 based on 197 reviews
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Tim K
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings<br>
Other
Work opportunities:
I didn't want/need to work
Personal spending habits
Japan is really expensive but there are ways to avoid the useless stuff. Once you get used to it it's not that bad. I never got used to 500 yen for a beer ($5) though.
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Overall, Nightlife, Food, Travel:
was more expensive than at home.
Housing:
was the same price as at home.
Telephone:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
The 100 yen shops are good. Bikkuri ramen is good. Buy a train pass. You can get a bicycle for under $100. Don't waste your money on anime and videogames are garbage like that (if you're an anime freak). Only buy the essentials and you'll be fine.
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Johan N
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Government assistance
Other sources of funding:
Family<br>
Personal savings
Work opportunities:
It was not legal for me to work
Personal spending habits
I spent more because of all the travelling I did. Tried to experience as much as I could. Otherwise I believe that the prices are pretty simular to Stockholm prices.
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Housing, Travel, Overall, Telephone:
was more expensive than at home.
Food, Nightlife:
was the same price as at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Avoid fresh fruit, expensive. Eat at small local family restaurants, can get a meal there for around 500yen =5$. Talk to the local students, they have a lot of great tips.
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Steven S
University of Minnesota - Morris, morris, United States
Political Science, Undergraduate, University Agreement
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Main source of funding:
Government assistance
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings
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Personal spending habits
Prices are higher, quanities are smaller but in the end, when you stop buying crap that you don't need, everything works out.
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Food, Telephone, Nightlife, Housing, Travel:
was more expensive than at home.
Overall:
was the same price as at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Being on Full Exchange means getting a stipend based on what we'd pay for a lunch program back home. Alas this stipend was not available for three weeks after arriving so many people had to live carefully on cash reserves in the meanwhile. The minimum for living seems to be $10, but if your live on ramen and rice $5. People who have the money spend $30 a day or more.
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Sherise T
Expenses
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Other
Other sources of funding:
Other
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
The cost of living in Japan is known to be one of the highest in the world. I was lucky that I had a scholarship that covered most of my expenses.
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Food, Telephone, Overall, Nightlife, Housing, Travel:
was more expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
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Personal comments
Most stores in Japan still do not accept credit cards, so you might end up with huge wads of money to pay for expensive items.
If you take time to explore or find out, you can definitely still find places that serve cheap food, sell cheap products and so on. Not everything is very expensive.
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dwymah
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Personal savings
Other sources of funding:
Family
Work opportunities:
It was not legal for me to work
Personal spending habits
Getting a cellphone really costs a lot! Japanese cellphone companies give very little talk time in a plan. (a 4000 yen plan gave me only 66 minutes free talking), then there's other crap services thrown in which caused my bill to be around $100 a month! Also, taking the train and bus is costly as you go further out. In general, Japan is expensive!! Do NOT underestimate it. Every international student who I talked to, agrees with me.
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Food, Telephone, Overall, Nightlife:
was more expensive than at home.
Housing, Travel:
was the same price as at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
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FlatlandDan
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Personal savings
Other sources of funding:
Family
Work opportunities:
It was not legal for me to work
Personal spending habits
Food is quite expensive here (eps. the produce). The telephones in the rooms don't make outgoing classes, so that solves that problem. Accomidations are a bit more expensive, but I live in a cheap city to live in. I go out less here then I do at home, so I spend about the same. Travel is expensive, but worth it.
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Overall, Food, Travel, Housing:
was more expensive than at home.
Nightlife:
was the same price as at home.
Telephone:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Everything in Japan is expensive...just remember that.
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