Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!CALA-MUZIK!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newshub.sdsu.edu!news.astraweb.com!router2.astraweb.com!216.168.1.164.MISMATCH!sn-xt-sjc-04!sn-xt-sjc-01!sn-post-01!supernews.com!news.supernews.com!not-for-mail From: Kevin Wayne Williams Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Average Cost of living in Japan. Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 15:06:58 -0400 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: <123t8apevlqhq6d@news.supernews.com> User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (Windows/20041206) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <1144887084.313792.143680@z34g2000cwc.googlegroups.com> <1hdqcr9.13qzx5b1h5qbb4N%trap_for_junk_mail@yahoo.com> <1144920608.890545.143760@i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <123slliga4j3270@news.supernews.com> <1144936751.893913.31620@i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com> In-Reply-To: <1144936751.893913.31620@i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Lines: 45 Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:162323 declan_murphy@hotmail.com wrote: > Kevin Wayne Williams wrote: > >>declan_murphy@hotmail.com wrote: >> >>>Louise Bremner wrote: >>> >>> >>>>Atul wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>>I intend to get a JOB in Japan and was looking for some basic >>>>>information as approximate cost of living for cities such as Tokyo, >>>>>Kawasaki. >>>>> >>>>>cost of Electricity bill, Water, LPG >>>> >>>>For a largish house with absolutely no insulation, we're paying >>>>something like an average of Y20,000 a month *gulp* for electricity, >>>>water, and mains gas (LPG is only out in the countryside). >>> >>> >>>That isn't so bad though is it? For 2 people, especially if you cook >>>and work mostly at home? My place (2 storey townhouse, way too big for >>>me) runs at about 12,000 a month. Its the telecoms and fuel bills that >>>bite the budget. The bar/cafe (smaller space than the house) is about >>>32,000 a month, but there are a lot of energy hungry devices (beer >>>servers, food storage etc) that can't be turned off. >> >>Lucky people. For gas and water, it's about 3000 guilders a month ... >>about Y180,000. And that's in an environment that stays between 23 and >>33 year round. Of course, the place is about 800 m2 (with 200 m2 >>air-conditioned), but I still think the proportion is heavily skewed >>towards your side. > > > Is that 800m2 the hotel or your house??? > I live in an old office on the ground floor. The 10 hotel rooms are air-conditioned, and are about 20m2 each (about 200m2 total), and the open areas are about 600m2. The open areas haven't got water, gas, and only a few lightbulbs for electrical consumption so they don't contribute much. KWW