Budget Summary

No trip is cheap, especially to a country like Japan! Don't forget, 1 Canadian dollar = 100.86 yen.

Expense	Expense detail	Cost in Yen	Cost in Canadian Dollars
Airfare tickets	$1 634/person x 2	-	$3 268
Accommodations	Varies between where we stay, but a safe estimate comes to about 8000 yen/night for a room with a double bed that my brother and I can use	8000 yen/night x 13 nights= 104 000 yen	$1 032.15
Transportation	The Japan Rail Pass is the most convenient way to travel and a 14 day pass is 46 390 yen/person which will cover the duration of the trip	92 780 yen	$920.80
Food	The average cheap meal there is about 800 yen/person and at a nice restaurant is 2000 yen/person.	The 13 day stay means there’s 39 meals total per person. If every other day we have one nice meal that is about 6 nice meals, so 2000 yen x 6 = 12 000 yen. The remaining 33 meals is cheap, so 33 x 800= 26 400 yen. So total is 38 400/person x 2 people= 76 800 yen.	$762.20
Castles attraction prices	This ranges, the Imperial palace is free whilst some aspects of Osaka Palace have a small fee. To keep this estimate safe, use 500 yen/person per castle	500 yen/person x 2 people x 5 castles= 5000 yen	$49.62
Golden Pavilion and other sites	400 yen/person, assume will go to two other places with similar prices.	400 yen/person x 2 people x 3 places=         2 400 yen	$23.82
Museum admission	620 yen/person	1 240 yen	$12.31
Mount Fuji tour	13 000 yen/person	26 000 yen	$258.04
Miscellaneous expenses	This includes shopping in Shibuya, souvenirs and just stuff we will buy or spend money in the moment. I will allocate 500 dollar/person.	-	$1 000
TOTAL ($$)			$7 326.94

Through the budgeting, I learned that historical site admissions are relatively cheap as are tourist sites in general in Japan. However, the basic cost of living is so high there that food and accommodations make up most of the price of the trip, along with the airfare of course. If only we had relatives there we could crash at for free, but o well!