Expensive Country Shortens Journey

I've been doing my research on Japan and holy cow is it an expensive country to visit. Almost every traveler I've talk to about heading to Japan all say that they can't afford to go there because it costs too much, and now I see why.

An average hotel in Japan, nothing fancy, just the basics, with a smaller than, what Westerners are probably used to, room goes for about $120 or 13800 Yen. FYI, the exchange is about 115 yen for 1 dollar. $120 is my average daily cost for traveling in all of Thailand, which includes all the in country flights, motorcycle and motorbike rental, laundry, gifts, and souvenirs, eating, drinking, and the broken bike parts. Everything. And I am living VERY well here, you can travel in Thailand much, much cheaper.

Looking at how much money I have left to spend, and seeing as Japan is a pretty expensive place to visit, I will need to shorten my journey by about 1 week, than originally planned. You know, that is pretty fucking good if you ask me. Travel for about 6 months and then come up a week short on money. Well, heck, I'm pretty proud of myself for that. Even if I spend too much in Japan and have to come home 2 weeks early (which I doubt), well I still think it is pretty damn good budgeting.

Although at this time I have not actually gotten my ticket out of Japan, my new tentative arrival date will be September 9. As always, I will do my best to keep all 4 of my readers up to date.

Just thought y'all should know.