Maps & Charts Bay-to-Bay

Tokyo and San Francisco Price Comparison

 

Category

 

Description



Cost in Tokyo
in Yen (¥)



Cost in San Francisco in Dollars
($)

Food

Coke

¥110

$0.50

 

Sushi plate (about 7 pieces)

¥2,000—3,000

$7.50-9.50

 

Big Mac hamburger

¥240

$2.38
 

Milk

¥100 (180 ml.)

 
 

Rice (5kg or 11.35 lbs)

¥3000

 
 

Ice cream cone

¥200

 
       

Clothes

T-shirt

¥1,000-4,000

$10-25

 

Jeans

¥5,000-8,000

$20-40

 

Sweat shirt

¥2,000-6,000

$25-50

       

Postage

Domestic postcards

¥50

$0.20

 

Domestic letters

¥80 up to 25g

$0.32

       

Entertainment

Domestic music CD

¥2,800

$16.95
 

Imported music CD

¥2,000

 
 

Movie ticket to Titanic

¥2,000 Adult

¥1,500 Student

$8.00
 

Magazine

¥200-500

$2.50
       

Other

Honda Accord EXII (1800cc, automatic)

¥1,684,000

 
 

1 gallon of gasoline

¥321

$1.30

 

3 minute telephone call to San Francisco at 7 pm

¥360

 
 

Hair cut

¥2,000-¥4,000

$10-30

Source: AFS Japan Country Information; Yuka Shindo, GLOCOM, Japan.

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