Yen Exchange Rate Watch

[stars87]

Exclude hotel stay as it has already been paid for ! Ok , will leave some for emergency. Thank you !

Cheers

you're welcome

me budget only 5k a day (after reserves and all that)

but im going like 16 days. so its like 80k yen spending, 20K reserves. might bring more though. dosent seem enough.

 

[Tsuteki]

you're welcome

me budget only 5k a day (after reserves and all that)

but im going like 16 days. so its like 80k yen spending, 20K reserves. might bring more though. dosent seem enough.

80k yen is not enough soon u will hit 100k yen or more. i live there before there for 22 days i hit 140k yen.

 

[zx]

I brought 300k yen and came back with 14k. In 5 days.

 

[snap99]

I brought 300k yen and came back with 14k. In 5 days.

You paid your accom with cash ?

 

[evilerniex]

wow... u all big spender

excluding hotel and a 10 day jr east pass, i spent only 70k yen for my 16 days trip last year. approx 4-5k a day

 

[dreamer75]

u also going in May, i also ... which part u going?

Wl be going Osaka-Kyoto-Kanazawa- Alphine Route -Shirakawa-go-Takayama-Gero Onsen

cant wait for the day to come ..

interesting route

 

[eleven44]

ya! i regretted not changing ytd too hurry up and drop to 15.7 soon.

 

[otake1982]

its going back up.... i havent changed anything lor......

evilrenix: wah 70k yen for 16 days is v budget wor, how did u do it?

 

[evilerniex]

its going back up.... i havent changed anything lor......

evilrenix: wah 70k yen for 16 days is v budget wor, how did u do it?

quite ok leh. 4-5k a day shld be enuf lah.

on average, one meal spend about 1k to 1.5k. sometimes breakfast eat at hotel.. coz toyoko-inn got provide breakfast.
transport, if not covered by jr pass, also not alot. maybe about 1k a day

a huge part of the 70k went into transport from tokyo to lake kawaguchi (cant remember how much) and gundam (about 10k )

lets say 1 day spend:
breakfast 500yen
lunch 1000yen
dinner 1500yen
transport 1000yen

total 4000yen

i think it also depends on where u are gg lah. for my trip, there was hardly any attractions that have entrance fee. but if u are gg disneyland etc, then of course u will need to budget a lot more.

 

[stars87]

80k yen is not enough soon u will hit 100k yen or more. i live there before there for 22 days i hit 140k yen.

im not a big spender. probably headed to hokkaido for a week + anyway ? cheaper . got one day at the onsen i dont even think i need to spend a single cent (aside from accommodation)

 

[stars87]

i think it also depends on where u are gg lah. for my trip, there was hardly any attractions that have entrance fee. but if u are gg disneyland etc, then of course u will need to budget a lot more.

bro! nice timing, i was just wondeirng how much to plan for my disneySEA visit. will 5k be enough for day expenditure ? or must prepare more about 7k+- for in park expenditure ?

 

[zx]

You paid your accom with cash ?

Yah, cheaper lah. Credit card exchange rates not favorable. I do all my shopping with cash. Even at Takashimaya, if you have a DBS Taka credit card, they give out discount coupons but you get only 3% disc. if you are paying by card, and you get 5% disc. if you are paying with cash. And you can go up to their tax refund counter to claim back the tax.

If you are going Disneyland/sea, and you only want to take rides but not buy anything, 5K should be enough. I had my lunch there and bought a lot of stuff, plus I ate all their snacks which came with the ceramic cups, plates etc.

And I got the ticket I wanted, with Tinkerbell!! So lucky!

 

[evilerniex]

bro! nice timing, i was just wondeirng how much to plan for my disneySEA visit. will 5k be enough for day expenditure ? or must prepare more about 7k+- for in park expenditure ?

disneysea entrance tickets is 5800yen for a 1 day pass. the food inside is also quite expensive (cant remember how much though). and maybe u wanna factor in more money to buy gifts, snacks (sea salt ice cream anyone? ), drinks etc

see how many meals u intent to eat inside disneysea. can have lunch and dinner there, or pack some sandwiches for lunch and have dinner after outside disneysea.
and also depends how much u wanna spend of souvenirs.

 

[stars87]

disneysea entrance tickets is 5800yen for a 1 day pass. the food inside is also quite expensive (cant remember how much though). and maybe u wanna factor in more money to buy gifts, snacks (sea salt ice cream anyone? ), drinks etc

see how many meals u intent to eat inside disneysea. can have lunch and dinner there, or pack some sandwiches for lunch and have dinner after outside disneysea.
and also depends how much u wanna spend of souvenirs.

@zx

thanks. got it !

@evilernix.

ahh, thanks for the clairifcation. i know the entry pass is 5.8k but i was more curious of how much does the food inside cost.

for me i wanna try the sea salt popcorn ( i love salt and vinegar) probably lunch and dinner. anything to recommend and buy ? i dont believe in getting hack carrot head (thock chai tao) but i do wanna see if can get anything cute/cool/unique for souveniers for other relatives/friends kinda thing. basically omiyage (bleh! its a shame i got a large family expensive cost on me budget)

btw can i check with you something ? is the pass valid of multiple entry in one day ? cos i intend to go in about 9 am when it opens. check out the rides and see got what things on that day. and then, in the evening leave the park for a helicopter ride (twilight cruise) then go back in to catch the parade or sometihng like that (do they have a parade at diseny sea ? ?

 

[Telur17]

to bring the topic back to yen exchange rate, mustafa's rate now is 16.01.

 

[evilerniex]

@zx

thanks. got it !

@evilernix.

ahh, thanks for the clairifcation. i know the entry pass is 5.8k but i was more curious of how much does the food inside cost.

for me i wanna try the sea salt popcorn ( i love salt and vinegar) probably lunch and dinner. anything to recommend and buy ? i dont believe in getting hack carrot head (thock chai tao) but i do wanna see if can get anything cute/cool/unique for souveniers for other relatives/friends kinda thing. basically omiyage (bleh! its a shame i got a large family expensive cost on me budget)

btw can i check with you something ? is the pass valid of multiple entry in one day ? cos i intend to go in about 9 am when it opens. check out the rides and see got what things on that day. and then, in the evening leave the park for a helicopter ride (twilight cruise) then go back in to catch the parade or sometihng like that (do they have a parade at diseny sea ? ?

i didnt get souvenirs from there... didnt find anything that is very unique

if i am not wrong, u shld be able to enter multiple times in a day. can someone confirm this?

 

[evilerniex]

to bring the topic back to yen exchange rate, mustafa's rate now is 16.01.

oops.. OT-ed

seems like weekend always slightly higher... have to wait until next week if u all going to change.

 

[chanvh]

ai ya... thought wanted to change some $K's this weekend. If rate drop to about 15.7 then I will change first phase already maybe $1,000 each time.

 

[stars87]

ai ya... thought wanted to change some $K's this weekend. If rate drop to about 15.7 then I will change first phase already maybe $1,000 each time.

bad news. voltality. yen is up to 16.01.

anyone knows why the sudden surge ?

 

[stars87]

oops.. OT-ed

seems like weekend always slightly higher... have to wait until next week if u all going to change.

my bad my bad. apologies for going O.T i thought this was the season 3 forgot that its the yen thread.


anyone out there knows whats wrong with the forex today ? its a dramatic surge from 15.7 to 16.01 in the period of 1/2 a day. good news for japan bad news for SG ?