A Unique Cultural Experience5/15/2008

Location Tokyo, Japan is

shown in the picture to the left. Tokyo is the capitol and also a large place of interest to me on my trip.

Location Breakdown Capitol: Tokyo Longitude and Latitude:138.00’ E, 36.00’ N Continent: Asia Nationalities/Ethnicities: Majority Japanese Type of Government: 47 districts, each headed

by a governor, ruled by a Prime Minister Population:127,433,494 Currency: Yen Major Religion/Language: Shinto and

Japanese/English Major Landmarks: Mount Fuji

Seasons Japan has four distinct

seasons. Spring months are March, April, and May. Summer months are June, July, and August. Autumn months are September, October, and November. Winter months are December, January, and February. Summer is hot and humid in general. During the winter, it snows a lot on the Sea of Japan side, and it is dry on the Pacific Ocean side.

Trip Specifics Staying seven nights, eight

days Hotel: Shinagawa Prince Hotel Taking 2 people, fall of 2008 They have fairly mild autumns,

so I would pack jeans, T-shirts, and maybe a few light jackets or hoodies among the regular stuff.

Transportation would require the flight and hopefully just a railway pass that can get us around in Tokyo and the other islands.

Hotel Costs The Shinagawa Prince Hotel

costs an average of $132.78 a night and for a seven night trip the cost comes to $929.46, but if I book on a certain site I get ten percent off if I stay five nights so the cost comes out to be $836.52.

It’s a really pretty hotel, and relatively cheap for Tokyo, but then I thought that I should book it with my flight…. YES!

Costs Booking the hotel and the

flight together and staying in the same hotel for two people is $3359. YAY

Costs for the railway pass for 7 days of unlimited ride around the islands are $539.94

So the total cost for these two items of travel is $3,898.94 or 408,710.68 Yen.

More Costs?!? Meals are pretty expensive

but oh well Breakfast: 500-1000 yen per

day for average breakfast Medium budget lunch costs

about 700-1200 per day High budget dinner costs

2000 yen or above per day Entertainment costs are going

to be around a Kabuki show for 2,500 yen per low class seat. And then I would just look around the city for architecture and culture. The ramen museum is free. And the Mitsuo Aida Museum is 800 yen per person.

Total costsAirfare + Hotel $3,359 or 352,110.88 yen

Railway Pass $539.94 or 56,546.47 yen

Meals $251.85 or 26,400 yen

Entertainment $63.00 or 6,600 yen

Total Cost $4,213.79 or 441,657.35 yen