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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 toTitanic | ¥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.