What are some things you can buy in Japan for 1200 yen?
I just got back from a Tokyo trip a week ago, so I had the opportunity to check on prices:For 1,200 yen, you can get a half way descent set lunch at a restaurant, or an eye medicine, or a child's watch at Big Camera, maybe a pair of knee-high socks for young ladies, or a bargain priced T-shirt at Dai-ei (go to Takeshita Doori and the T-shirts will cost you twice or triple the price), perhaps a very basic thermal bottle, a pair of chopsticks, a non-fiction book about China and Japan, two tenugui cotton hand towels, a mini train model key chain (Japanese are obsessed with their trains), a nice hair clip, or a low-grade kitchen knife, a bowl of ramen + a plate of gyoza, or a meal at the revolving sushi joint, etc.I will have to say one of the most expensive things about Japan is still the transportation. I easily spent 1,000 yen on a day's travel on the trains and subway lines within Tokyo (not talking about long-distance travels here. Just from one end of the train to the other, and back). In comparison, Beijing's transporation costs are still much cheaper, though this advantage may not last for long.
What are some of the things you can only buy in Japan?
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What are good things to buy while in Japan? What are some examples of cool things that are either available only in Japan or are much cheaper in Japan than the US?
If you are a watch fan, you should know that Seiko sells Japan-market-only watches that are a match for the very finest that Switzerland and Germany can offer -- a complete lineup ranging in price from approx. USD $300 to $60,000 (for their top Grand Seiko line.) These can be purchased in major department stores in Tokyo including Map Camera, Yodobashi and BIC (various locations for the latter two, as they are chains).In Kyoto, there are quite a few different traditional crafts still being practiced. One of the coolest (IMO) are boxwood combs which take 10 years to make (40 years if you ascribe to artisans' opinions that gives 30 years of credit to the tree itself.) These are combs were -- and still are -- used by geisha. They vary in ornamentation; the highly ornamented ones can be mounted and framed for display, but for actual use, the combs are guaranteed to give you lustrous hair and never snag on a tangle or knot ... Several stores on Shijo-dori sell them.(A great reference for traditional artisans (and their stores) in Kyoto is "Old Kyoto" by Dianne Durston, available at Amazon.)
I am going to Japan, what are the things I must do?
Visit Hirsoshima, Nagasaki.
What can i buy in japan for 1 yen?
The only thing you can buy is a 1 yen stamp at the post office.
What should I buy in Japan?
My personal pick is a 御朱印帳 (goshuuincho) or pilgrim's book. This is especially good if you're planning to go to Kyoto since there's an over saturation of temples and shrines, but it's good for a lot of trips. Basically this is a book you can buy at almost any shrine or temple for about 1000 yen. There are various types of covers from really simple ones to more elaborate ones (which are a bit more expensive).(This is my current one, since I live here I keep getting them, this is my third one. It’s pretty elaborate with the gold whatever so it was about 1500 yen)The book will be accordion folded pages that are blank. Then, at almost any temple or shrine you can get a pilgrim’s stamp (御朱印) from that temple. It's all in Japanese, but the stamp will say the temple’s name, the date and include a prayer of some kind.Here's some examples of what the stamps can look like. Each stamp costs 300–500 yen and is unique to that temple or shrine.Look for a sign like this:Or ask the people working there for ‘shuin’ (pronounced like ‘shoe in’). You'll have to wait a minute while someone hand writes the stamp in your book, but while they're doing that you can go take a look around/pray (if that's your thing).There are usually about 24 pages in the book, so that means you can collect stamps from a bunch of temples and shrines during your stay. In Kyoto alone you could probably fill the whole thing if you wanted to, but in Tokyo for example there's also Sensouji and Meiji Jingu which are good to get stamps from. It's NOT a cheap souvenir though. Getting 24 stamps plus the book itself will probably run you about 10,000 yen (~$100 USD depending on the current exchange rate). However, it's absolutely unique to you, it's a traditional item, and it’s small so it's easy to carry around with you. When you get back home, there's a variety of ways you can display it if you like, from laying the whole book out flat so you can see all the pages, to keeping it in a drawer so you can look at it when you like.Have fun!
Where to buy nebulizer in japan?
The last time I was in Japan (1994) the use of nebulizers was not very popular because most of the Japanese people use the cloth mask with their form of Vick's to open the nasal passages. I would check their department stores and inquire if they have the nebulizer, in their children section of the store. If no-luck then it might be need to do the mail-order thing. Good luck
What can I buy in Japan but no where else in the world?
A sword forged with generations of unbroken family tradition behind itIn every other place in the world swordsmithing reached a point where it died out (you can blame industrialization for that). Now you can find sword smiths from other countries today (the European martial arts community is very lively about those things), but those techniqes were rediscovered through study of existing specimens and texts. In Japan though, they industrialized relatively late and modernized in a way that kept traditional elements of their culture intact, so you can find a man that learned from his father who learned from his father who learned from his father going back many generations. By no means is this common at all and traditionally forged swords with a strong lineage will cost tens of thousands of dollars. From what I know these few remaining swordsmithing families mostly make incredibly high quality knives now with the same technique that goes into swords. *If you're interested in rediscovering European martial traditions too, check out How were Swords really made by John Clements.