a normal bowl ramen cost you around 790 yen.

a 1000 yen is like 10SGD

the easiest way to look at how much disposable income a country have

1) if you are married:
Look at how many kids they can afford and how many people are married in the country. The lower= the more expensive it is to have a family

2) If you are single:
Look at time of marriage. The faster their time of marriage= the more EXTRA income an overall country has.
Look at the lifestyle/lifelihood of young graduates. Do they have car + house+ phone?

yes equal to RM10 value, about small economy dinner meal.

Big mac meal cost around 400 yen i think

so i think 1000 yen will feel like rm20 i think

This post has been edited by Thradash: Oct 30 2017, 09:57 AM

Can get a gooding bowl of ramen

1000 yen in japan feels like rm20 in malaysia. Can get a decent and filling meal.

drinks there usually costs around 100-200 yen, malaysia about rm2-3.

snacks there about 500 yen, malaysia about rm4-5.

meals there about 700-800 yen, malaysia about rm8-12.

*cheap meals there about 400 yen, malaysia about rm6.

This post has been edited by ISawYou: Oct 30 2017, 10:37 AM

1000yen gets you the following.

1) Food:
Typical cooked meal (rice or noodles) 800-1000yen. Can get 4-600yen food also at convenience stores or shopping mall food departments but food has been left the whole day so not freshly cooked. Family mart egg mayo sandwich 200yen. 1 can kirin beer 234yen. 5 slices medium fatty tuna sashimi 1000yen. 2 litre mineral water 130yen. 1 small piece pablo egg tart 185yen.

2) Transport
1 day JR Pass 750yen. Comparing minimum price of metro/subway/train ticket, Tokyo 170yen, Kyoto 220yen. This is from 1 station to the very next station. Shinkansen (bullet train) hakone - kyoto 11530yen

3) Others
Cigarettes Marlboro 450yen. Nike shoe (subjective to style and design), bought mine at 8748yen. 32gb sandisk sd card 1650yen.

4) Lodging
In Tokyo, typical 400sq ft apartment is about 80k to 100k yen a month. In Osaka about 60kyen. I rented air b&b at about RM 400 a night for a proper clean and comfortable studio apartment during my vacation. But really, the size of the whole apartment including balcony and toilet is smaller than my 1 master bedroom alone.

In conclusion, 1000yen won't get you far if you include rental. Most of the locals I spoke to cut a lot of spending on food especially. They usually cook in the morning and bring to office and eat. And they go back and cook dinner again. To them, a sushi meal is an extravagance, only enjoyed once or twice a month. And it is really not surprising to see men and women in coats buying their dinners from the convenience stores like 7-11 etc. Most of them don't own cars but then you don't have to since their public transport is top notch.

If you enjoy alcohol, you need to follow a local drinker as well. There are many hidden joints where you can get a pint of beer for 100yen. If not, you will have to pay 500yen per pint at a place with english menu and english speaking wait staff.

nola, way more than tht. 1 mcd set roughly 600yen only. jom mcd b4 i chg job n leave midvalley

Forth years in Japan and this is my sense of money currently

1000 yen: 30 ringgit, Wow so cheap straight buy no doubt
2000-3000 yen: Like 70-80 ringgit, acceptable, might make more consideration before buying
5000 yen: 150 ringgit, expensive, but I can afford it. (same amount with salary when work 4 hours one day at part time)
10000 yen: 300 ringgit, fuck I can't shell out much jackel

This post has been edited by sonicstream: Oct 30 2017, 11:08 AM

This!. go to convenient shop by rice, put some gravvy, fish baru puas

cant even watch a movie with 1000 yen, but can buy you 2 pack of cigarettes and you still have change, so you can barely compare.

1000 yen feels like lunch or dinner

Did you go to those small ramen shops? I ate there once (Tokyo) and paid 790.

Macam 10 ringgit.

Yes. But after I add egg, topup on seaweed, charsiew, it comes to 1000+ yen.

1000 yen can buy around 7 cup noodle
or ....
4 cans of coke

i went to small ramen shop
250yen ramen kosong
eat until full2