Costs of Staying in Japan
by Joel R. Voss aka. Javantea
April 12, 2006 14:27 JST
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I feel that it's useful to discuss cost of a Japan trip. If you're not interested in a low budget trip or if you just aren't interested in the numbers, disregard this.
You've probably have good numbers for the plane and room. The cost of food, transportation, and entertainment are pretty important to the total cost of a stay. Food is going to cost more than rent if you plan to eat out even if you only spend 1/3 of rent on food at home.
My current statistics are as follows: 30000 yen ($250) the first week, 20000 yen ($167) the second week. A breakdown of my food, transportation, and entertainment budget can be found below.
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Manga in Tokyo
by Joel R. Voss aka. Javantea
April 14, 2006 20:56 JST
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Manga is Japanese comics. When I talk about a manga like Shounen Jump, I'm talking about a thick book which has a dozen manga series. When I talk about a manga like Naruto, I'm talking about one of the series. You can buy the thick book if you want to read many series or you can buy a graphic novel of a single series.
There's a full discussion of whether foreign* artists who write manga-style comics are creating comics or manga and whether manga artists are creating comics in Japanese or whether they have an asset in calling it manga. I like to think that manga is a style and an asset which can be created by anyone no matter their nationality. My reasoning is 2 parts: 1) manga can be clearly identified as different from realism-based comics and funnies, and 2) the word comic is diluted, especially in America (where it can mean stand-up comedy, funnies, or realism-based cartoon serials). For example, my manga is Javantea's Fate. Megatokyo is a good example of an American made manga.
* You'll notice certain English words are linked like the word foreign. They are linked to the proper Japanese translation. They also have a tooltip so you can read the translation in tiny print without opening the online Kanji-English dictionary. Disregard these if you aren't interested in learning 1 Japanese word per paragraph.
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