On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 22:38:56 GMT, dame_zumari@yahoo.com (Louise
Bremner) wrote:

>There's a continuing series on Japanese TV showing people accepting the
>challenge of living on 10,000 yen for a month in a furnished apartment.
>That's 10,000 for _all_ living expenses. But it does require a lot of
>time and local knowledge and it's not clear whether it's possible for
>longer than a month...

That show, although entertaining, is fake to varying degrees -
Hamaguchi-kun is mad enough to be doing the stuff for real, but the
rest... Getting a tarento to stay in a flat with no aircon for a
month? Have you ever seen any of the women allow for make-up? They
rarely make breakfast or lunch. There's always a super nearby with
extremely cheap sales that they always get to - 10 yen for 10 eggs, a
bag-full of veggies for 99 yen, give-away prices on meat and fish.

>                   Louise Bremner (log at gol dot com)

Ken