Fri 2008/12/05 22:07
Finally finished my final calculations on my expenditure for my Japan trip back in August. I myself am surprised at how much I spent in general though I'm not at all surprised at how much I spent on merchandise itself. Anyway check out the full break down on my blog. You can also check out coverage of my merchandise here in Part 1 and Part 2. Though to keep it simple, I spent ¥516,423 on merchandise alone.
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High School Student
I regret only having/spending 15,000 yen while I was in Japan... ; _____ ;
(ID #400023) Posted on 2008/12/05 22:11
let's see... 500000 yen to indo rupiah... 135 * 500000 = Rp67.500.000,- woa @_@ going to your blog see if the merchandise worth it :)
(ID #400024) Posted on 2008/12/05 22:11
¥516,423.... $ 5,620.23 Rp 65,351,000 S$ 8,535.44 *choke* *cough* *cough* *cough* Wow... that's... i don't know what to say... it's just... wow!! good going buddy!!! I guess the last day was wonfest, huh??
(ID #400043) Posted on 2008/12/05 22:22
¥516,423 is NOT a small amount.. Be sure to blog on your loots!
(ID #400069) Posted on 2008/12/05 22:37
System Design Engineering (UWaterloo)
That's about how much I make in one term of co-op work placement X_X
(ID #400072) Posted on 2008/12/05 22:42
University student
¥516,423 on merchandise O_O That's quite amazing. Let's see...it's 47161 Swedish kronor. I only spent like ¥30000 on merchandise while I was in Japan
(ID #400077) Posted on 2008/12/05 22:49
Game Designer & 2D Artist
I bow to your great devotion to your hobby
(ID #400086) Posted on 2008/12/05 23:03
do you include accomodation??
(ID #400089) Posted on 2008/12/05 23:06
ColdFusion Developer
This expenditure does not include airfare and accommodation as I had already budgeted those beforehand and paid many months in advance. This report only covers what I spent in Japan only.
(ID #400439) Posted on 2008/12/06 06:03
I'm not surprised by the amount of your expenditures, I'm surprised by the quantity how did you manage to get all your stuff back by plane ? did you have to pay any additional charges or taxes? how many boxes did it represent?
(ID #400095) Posted on 2008/12/05 23:09
student
That's about $5000 Aussie dollar back when you went, when the exchange rate was high.... For me ~_~ with the current crappy exchange rate, I exchanged $4000 AUD, now = 250,000Yen... I regret not doing it 4 months earlier....
(ID #400103) Posted on 2008/12/05 23:15
Student and full-time otaku
Holy cr$^%&, now that is a *lot*.....better start saving myself. Which begs the question: how long did you save up for that trip?
(ID #400186) Posted on 2008/12/06 00:45
Wow, that's a lot of stuff to bring back. I can only profess to spending a quarter of that at most on my last Japan trip.
(ID #400239) Posted on 2008/12/06 01:32
Dude, OCD?
(ID #400264) Posted on 2008/12/06 02:07
whoa!!! thats roughly 5000$ USD/CAD on a 1:1 exchange!....gezzes...
(ID #400267) Posted on 2008/12/06 02:11
Otaku / Student in Computer Science
WOW very impressive xD
(ID #400288) Posted on 2008/12/06 02:36
university film student
It's interesting how there's days where you barely spend, and then days where you break the bank. :P
(ID #400298) Posted on 2008/12/06 02:49
High school student
Impressive, really. 514,000 Yen, that's 110,000 Czech Korunas, and that's about 4 months' worth of average salary in Czech. Oh my... *faints*
(ID #400329) Posted on 2008/12/06 03:15
terminating mosquitoes
that's like almost 8 months of my salary o^O. man, you're a rich guy to spend like that. you're a hard core otaku dude. :salutes you:
(ID #400377) Posted on 2008/12/06 04:34
holy cow.... *bow* ALL HAIL ADUN! jeez man, take it easy... u still got chance to grab japanese stuff next time. just... be reasonable next time ok
(ID #401253) Posted on 2008/12/06 22:10
Nice! :P I spent a total of about $10,000AU (at the time 100,000 yen) when I went to Japan for a month in December 07. But that amount included what I spent on accommodation, food and so on. But I know a huge proportion was spent on buying preowned figures, doujinshi, electronics and so on. But yeah, it sounds a lot like what you did. I also have a bunch of pics too, but haven't uploaded them to a blog or anything. I recall mailing back 2 boxes about 40kg worth of manga and novels (from book off), about 6-7 boxes full of figures, about 3 voice alarm clocks, two bags full of garage kits from WHF and one box of C73 doujinshi. I also got a 60GB Japanese PS3 when they still had them in stock (lucky!). I should upload some pictures one day but my blog is currently only written in Japanese. I think I spent my entire years savings in that trip. It was a great experience. Although I ran out of money by the end :D. Any Aussies here that want to be friends feel free to contact me. I can't seem to find any other hardcore Aussie otakus.
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