Well some interesting financial statistics here for you numbers people out there: Average amount we paid for accomodation in Japan (excludes free nights at friends): $29.13/night Cost breakdown by percentage: - Accomodation: 17.0%- Transporation: 34.4%- Food/Drink/Entertatinment: 48.6% Average cost of a beer in a bar in Japan: 600 Yen or about $6 US. (even at a low end bar we couldn't get one for less than 500 Yen)Food and drink in Japan is very expensive, but it was also our first destination and we had a couple of blow out nights in Tokyo and Osaka so that has skewed the numbers a bit.