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)
|
¥2,0003,000
|
$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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