Alistair Billy John Boholst Is that to me? If so, thank you! I'm assuming it's for the folks in the video :)

Thanks! That made my day! :)

xingcat So true, in CA where I live seafood are sooooo expensive. We have shrimp like once a year because it cost $20 at least to feed a family for 1 meal. You can get like 20-50 pieces of chicken, 20-30 lbs of beef for that price. That would last us like a month a least over a meal. So yea, it is opposite in America.

Bobby Smith It's funny how regions affect price. I'm near Boston and Maine, so lobster is super-inexpensive most of the time, whereas in the middle of the country, it's very pricey.

xingcat Wait, you can actually eat lobster at a decent price? Man, wish I could do that :(

But then doesn't Japan have some things that are cheaper than in America? How about cellphone bills?

Phil Nolan Not cellphone bills!! haha Medical bills, dental. Much cheaper in Japan, even without insurance.

Rachel & Jun Yes, I have heard about that many times.

Rachel & Jun If you have a Japanese credit card, you can just buy a data sim card for around 1000 yen. It's good for a month's worth of data and it's cheap. Since getting a credit card in Japan is based upon your income level, and not a credit score (like in America), I can't get a credit card. So, I've been paying around $40 for SIM cards through services like econnectjapan.com. Still, when I talk to some of my friends with actual cell phone plans, they pay $60-100 a month easily. There's no real reason too, since LINE is more popular than texting or calling anyway.

Aizakku27 I looked at what you sent but for any kind of decent speed/data it's over $100 a month. The $40 plan is only for 100MB a day, and whenever we turn on our data we use waaaay more than 100MB at once! lol But for someone who doesn't use a lot of data that would probably be good. Especially if they can just stick it in an unlocked America phone. The only other thing about prices is a lot of people get the cost of their new phones packaged into their plans, so our ~$75 is for 9GB (I think) of data + an iphone 6.

Nooooooo :(

thats actually pretty cheap compared to aus, youll pay $20 a ticket, and pay 15-20 per person for a small amount of food

festorfamine I was going to say the same thing. I just wait 2wks after a movie release and order it on my tv for like $5.99 ;)

it's about $3 here in the philippines, hehe :3

for 3D movies maybe, the last half a dozen times I've gone to see new movies its been at most $10

thats what i was thinking

It's might be expensive in New York but Japan has 4 of the top 10 most expensive places to live in the world. A bottle of beer can easily cost you $8 a bottle and that's from a super market. A blu ray movie could easily be $80 - $120 for a movie. A series will run you $300 - $800 a set.

But think about it. Most small towns have movie theaters. Ticket prices still hover around five or six bucks. Ten for 3d. Not to mention matnee prices.

+yemo34 I pay $8.50 for both 3D and regular movies. Imax is $18.00. Old movies $2.00. Popcorn and drinks $13 for a small drink and small popcorn.

when I was in southern Russia cinema tickets costed like 3$ lol

+IchigoNoShoujo I'm the same way - I always go straight for the fruit during parties

+Apherion Lystae I know! I am such a mess :D (Ryosuke)

+Texan in Tokyo - It's okay, you just seem hyper. :3 It's kinda funny, you remind me of my brother (who is ADHD so he's hyper often lol) all the distractability! X3

+Texan in Tokyo That sucks that they have car inspections if they did that here nobody would own a car.

+none none he's not lucky, he's charming like crazy. I generally am very cold personally and even I liked him immediately.

Weeb

Thank you :3

+Foster Child He's not annoying at all. He actually adds a lot of charm to this channel.

agreed mate, he looks adorable in the videos when She is explaining stuffs

I am bd tll

Lucky Bangladeshis... Love from Tamilnadu

Yay! Happy to hear that :)

You two are the cutest couple! Both your English and Japanese are excellent!

Texan in Tokyo

LorieLynn ... I guess I misunderstood what was meant by an "old man just hanging out at the park". But if its a middle-aged man, yeah that would be weird if they were hanging around in the park near children they have no relationship with.

+Eric McQuisten A middle aged women without children wouldn't be seen as perverted/out of place. There is a bias against men and they are seen as creepy and criminals.

Ikr! he's adorable

He's weird, but in a super cute way:) I actually like him at first sight

if it wasnt for the goatee i would think he's 9 lol

He's like a child, it's adorable. ^_^

thejwvariety: time for you & Seppuku

the Quality and taste is many times better than the stuff you get in your own country though haha

Aeval Sear'asha you don't even know what country they live in, but you know their fruit isn't as good? 🙄 be quiet.

I'm going to guess that this falls under the "organic" category in the US. The fresher and cleaner it is without chemicals in it, the more pricier it's going to be. I guess if you're going to go fruit you may as well go all out lol.

I've always wondered if there is someone in this world who has travelled to everywhere in the world AND tasted watermelons in every country. I think I've found that person!

that is what you get when you have more people on land than available land for farming.

Me too.

+KanadeTenshi Glad you enjoyed the ending :D

similar to us, some in california is about 13-14 dollars now

Europe is big... I am pretty sure it doesn't cost as much in Eastern Europe. And in Germany you can still get tickets for 6 or 7 dollars in small movie theaters or you can go on the movie days where it's half price and such...

They don't live in Tokyo though. In Tokyo, movie tickets are $35 each. So, for a family of 4, that's $140.00. Throw in popcorn and drinks and prices skyrockets even more.

I agree. I live in Miami and it's about $15 for a movie ticket at lots of places. And even when I lived in Alabama it was like $12 for regular or $14 for 3D.

+Mark Anthony Reyes Hell, it's like $15 in Ohio of all places. My small hometown cinema in Texas still does evening weekend tickets for $6 or $7.

Mournful Walrus Haha right? Thanks :D (Ryosuke)

:D

where? because my region (York) has the most expensive local transit in North America and it's $8.50 one-way..

In Germany, going by train is a very common way to travel. Riding the city train (S-Bahn) from one end of the city to the other is around 8-12 US-Dollars, going from one regional town to another is somewhere between 10 and 35 US-Dollars, and going from Stuttgart to Berlin would be around 120 US-Dollars, unless you get some special deal.

lmao what I live in south australia and it costs like $5 AUD to catch any form of public transport (bus/tram/train) for as many stops as you like and with as many transfers as you want in a two hour period. If you're a student it's even cheaper, like $2.60 AUD

In Switzerland, I am supposed to pay around 12 US$ for a 22Km journey; I can lower the price for trips close to the half of the regular price by buying a "reduction card", which costs me 180$US for one year.

what part of Canada in Vancouver its 9.50 for a day pass...

Beffinee Similar here in Australia - anywhere from $50 - $100 if you don't know them to well, more if you're closer to them.

Beffinee Unfortunately also in Italy you have to give the couple a lot of money and they usually want it in cash! I find it crazy! But that is how things are over here

0o0TheQueenBee0o0 I didn't realize they did this in so many countries. In the U.S., it is considered rude to ask for or expect money. You are supposed to bring a gift, though, and those can be pretty expensive. It is also annoying because you have to try to think about what they want or need, and hope that nobody else brings the same thing. I'd rather just give money in the end.

Beffinee in portugal we usually pay around 100€ per person, because the reception is expensive as hell for the bride and groom! so to kind of compensate for the costs, every guest pays around that. actual gifts are only a thing for rich people, or someone who specifically asks for one with a list - but that's not really a common practice.

+Beffinee In Brazil we buy gifts as well... things that a couple would need in their new home so dishes and stuff family generally gives better gifts like washing machines or ovens (eletronics) but none gives money

OMG! Is that true in every part of China?! Even though it's wedding, 300 isn't a small amount.

Jenny P same thing for Korea!

Yukine i thought it depends. Wow! Learnt new thing now.

Yukine 50$-ish is the norm for Korea or more if you are closer which is more like 100$. I've been to a couple of Korean weddings and thats what my co-teachers told me. Maybe upper class people would give 300$...

It's been my experience that there is a big range of expectations; how old, how close, married or single... $300 was average in my area.

Matchaki Games Awwww thanks :)

girlishgamer1 I thought the same. Whenever you live near a big city ... it's gotta be so expensive.

Lmao exactly!!! Being from new york 20$ is nothingggg 😩

+girlygeek43 Yeah, I was going to say. I grew up on Staten Island and I wanna say it's $15 each day for commuters to cross a 3 mile bridge.

Tai B Oh I did not know! In Europe most of the time you always end up giving up trains because it's way too expensive, always cancelled or late. Maybe it's not as awful in one city but when you need to travel in bit of miles the price crazily goes up as some traisn get cancelled. Everyone is crazy where I live and taking the train for work/school is like an act of bravery I guess. I don't know much about Spain but in Germany and France, I suggest you take a bus lol or a car, it's faster with a car and less expensive /sighs. (Do you have a lot of cancellation problems too in NYC?? Like every hours xDD?)

+Briareos It's different between NYC and Europe I think when we talk about trains. I was in The Netherlands for a week when I was younger, and light rail was the way to commute around Den Haag which is akin to how trains work in NYC (I grew up in NYC). The train system you may be referring to is for longer commutes. We traveled from Den Haag to Bruge on day and I'm certain that was expensive but it was part of our travel package. General mass transportation is cheap in the big cities because everyone uses it and the incentive is to not drive anywhere. That's why it costs so much to cross the bridges that connect all of the different areas of NYC. Where I live now in Tampa, Florida, there is not incentive to use mass transportation since everything is sprawled out here. There is a small demand for mass transportation since you can still get everywhere fairly easy by car on your own time. There aren't any resources to provide frequent and around the clock service even though people like my mom who works as a bus driver are proponents of expanded mass transportation. It all depends on the market. I tried to save myself money one time by thinking I could fly into a smaller airport and drive to NYC when I was visiting family, but it was double the rate than just flying there directly since the supply of flights is so abundant to NYC or it's surrounding area.

Sakura Moon I found most things in Japan cheaper than in Australia too....

Sheila Higgins i have a Japanese friend who is in Australia on a working holiday visa and she struggles with the cost of living here. I found out the price of fines from a Japanese boyfriend who lives in Tokyo who has also lived in Australia. I was amazed that you could buy a 700ml bottle of jack Daniels an for about $20 in a 7/11 and cigarettes were $5.50 AUD from a vending machine. I thought that was cheap even though I don't smoke

Texas, my beautiful Texas 😎👍

Art1611 Yes! I've loved Texas,too(since I watched King of the Hill.lol)

patchy2185 She is from Texas and not New York or London so why would she compare them to places she doesn't know about or can't really make a judgement on? That would be the wrong information. Also I am British and you can buy bottled water for like £1.00 which roughly exchanges to $1.50 or something.

Good point! You are totally right! I have the same experience!

She is from Texas (I am as well), and I will tell you that its hard for me to even tell a person what New York is like, or London, because I have never been there. Texas is much different from New York though. If you want to get around in Texas, you have to drive everywhere.

Thee Silent The prices here in Los Angeles actually rose up to those prices in some areas which is ridiculous..

Marie C. I know right? It's so catchy~ :D (Ryosuke)

In the US the license itself and the test fee is like $50; if you don't have a parent or something to teach you and have to take the school it's around $250 total i believe.

Ouch... 2000 :o 3000:o Here in the US IN Texas it is about 100$ or less. The class you take whether it is online or in person is about 60-80$ depending where you take it. & then I think I paid like 20 more when I went to take my picture for my license or something like that. Might want to consider coming to Texas and taking it over here.

Expl0re Life The problem there is that over here I could use that license for approx 1 year and then I'd have to do the German one ... which would of course be cheaper since I won't have to take that many practice lessons ... only the 12 you have to take (44€ each) ... and of course the 14 theory lessons (all together + the practice test 600€) ... and do a first aid course (~50€) ... and of course do the theory test (70-80€) ... 😕

well the expensive thing on german dirver licence is the driving lessons u have arround 20 and each is waged about 50€

$3000 for drivers license? Holy shit ! No wonder a lot young people in Europe don't drive cars compare to the US

Amen 👏🏻 Well spoken!

pay to goto a wedding lol. Not a whole lot will attend xD. Will make excuse 10/10

+Jannisneedfails It's kind of a thing in south america, too, or at least where I live. If it's not money, it's usually a present of some sort; something that will help the couple as they move into their new house or whatever like appliances, furniture and the likes.

+Andrés Cifuentes In America it's also custom to bring gifts or cash to weddings.

Yes it's a cultural thing here But in japan they expect a minimum of 30.000 (around 300$) Where the other country usually we only gave a little money

Yeah! I am the luckiest guy in the world :D (Ryosuke)

Texan in Tokyo ;)

grace is lucky too though

Texan in Tokyo your both cute. not just her. =^-^=

Zaey bon Yeah, this guy is awesome. Don't let her (calm down, stop it) looks bring you down!! ^_^

until Brexit changed the exchange rate drastically, £25 was about $50 and that's about what it is in real terms

Josephine Winter True since my mum buys 10 trip tickets costing £20 per ticket which means going to and from work will cost her £4 D: Trains are really expensive in my place so it's cheaper to take a bus to the nearest city. And due to how the town buses only sell daily tickets and not return tickets, going to and from a place at town is actually more expensive than going to and from the nearest city XD (£3 in town compared to £2 to city) :/ I think it's only in London where transport is cheap :/ But at least depending on how picky you are, food is pretty cheap in the UK XD

i know what you mean here in norway going to work costs me 350£ / 3500kr a month for a monthly pass and individual ticket would be 35£ / 360kr each way so 70£ /720kr a day tho im paid to support it

Josephine Winter 25 quid sounds pretty cheap actually

I spend £240 a month to get to university. That's with reduced cost of buying a monthly ticket too.

Wanxian Wu Wow that is very interesting! Thanks for sharing :)

Wanxian Wu same with me in chinese and my parents gave my uncle and newly wed aunt $30,000 dollars and i was like what the heck!?!? i thought u were only gonna give them 10,000 and a few gold necklaces

Same in Germany and most of continental Europe...

Liv Life Yup. Same in Finland.

***** It's for driving school and we don't have to renew our license (only some places require a renewal when you turn 60 or sth so they can check your eyesight and stuff). Admittedly it's quite expensive but most Europeans drive stick shift and I see far less accidents than I did over in North America so I guess in the long run it pays off :/

Close in Brazil, it's about 600-ish dollars (2000 reales)

MoonshineMist That wouldn't really work in the U.S just because of the size of the country. I live in a more rural area and we really actually NEED a car to get around. There's no public transportation and the nearest store is a 15 minute drive. I do agree that there should be more rigorous training to get a liscense in the us though.

A fellow Bart rider. I feel your pain. :P

***** Even when I'm not riding it I have to pay for it via higher taxes.

That's bull it's 5 way and back

Raul Contreras Um maybe if you are going a few stops but my average trip is $13.60 for a round trip. The fair calculator even shows that a one way trip can be as much as $11.25. www.bart.gov/sites/default/files/docs/BART%202014%20Fare%20Chart_Tab.pdf

to make it even worse, you will always be viewed as a foreigner in Japan, even if you've lived there for over 10 years.

get brown contacts & one of those masks, you'll fit right in

as foreigner yes but they are not racist ;)

thats good...cause you dont belong there if your not japanese....

Most Japanese actually think that they are White though. Plus there are a lot foreigns in Tokyo and other big cities in Japan

yep he is also adorable lol

I like the girl, she has beautiful eyes

***** Damn right he does

Pretty sure you're not straight.

dpsrbi Congratulations, you just realised you're gay.

WhisperofaGhost I am just too honest~ haha

The water is drinkable from the sink in Spain.

+DarkGracie95 yes I'm in NY it's like almost 3x that lol

Back in my day you could get a movie and a steak dinner for $9.50 and still have change leftover for penny whistles and moon pies...

Mississippi has the lowest cost of living. texas isn't even on the top 10 list

In Texas a movie ticket is about 8.50$ Or at least it was that price back in February/March IF it went up it probably went up about 50 cents and that is IF. Austin, Tx to be exact. Definitely cheaper than New York.

Expl0re Life nope in Austin Tx A movie ticket costs $10,50 just checked on fandango

+Emi R.Y. ありがとう！嬉しいよ！

😊❤

+pyromantic-prince In Australia too

In Germany as well :/ Depends on the cinema though. It's much more expensive in the huge theaters in the cities than in smaller ones in rural regions...

I live in Canada as well but the only expensive tickets are the 3D ones at like $12 regular is like 9-10 and cheap day is 5.99 or 6.99 depending on the theater. they only get more expensive if you live in a larger city otherwise tickets are pretty reasonable im mid to smaller cities.

Same in Australia! Around $15 - $21

In America, at least around St Louis, tickets get into $12 - $15 range if you choose 3-D or "Suite Seats" (reclining chairs with heat, footstool, and large armrests) tickets.

Where in Aus is that price? lol. I'm from Western Australia and our standard adult tickets are about $24. More if you want to book online or want to see a 3D movie

Every theatre is different for example Hoyts Adult ticket is $21, Luna is $20 and Event Cinemas is $24...

It's not like they can easily drink the sea water.

+sanityisrelative Yeah, it's not like they could...oh i don't know....FILTER the water or anything.....smh -___-

TheScaleless Even if Japan did/does desalinate the sea water, that doesn't mean make the water cheap. It is incredibly expensive to desalinate water, though the costs are gradually coming down as technology improves.

In Japan you can drink tap water

If that were so simple and inexpensive then there wouldn't be an issue with drought. Not to mention all of the chemically contaminated "fresh" water.

chiisaichi Yes, pizza is crazy expensive. A medium pizza in Japan costs around $20 and is the size of a small pizza in America. A large is around $30 and is a medium size in America. Sometimes you can get deals though. The other day, I got a deal for 2 large one topping pizzas for $20. Great deal for Japan, but still expensive for America.

chiisaichi There is a awesome pizza place in Ueno, Tokyo, that makes Italian style pizzas (thin and crispy) for 500 yen each. Really good as well!

Aizakku27 Don't fall off the youtube grind! Keep uploading Japan vlogs dude!

***** I have three videos I have shot and just need to edit, as well as a lot of ideas for things to make videos of. I just haven't had the time. This week, I plan on editing those videos. Maybe next week I can shoot a couple more videos as well. Thanks for the encouragement though.

+chiisaichi Yeah they're usually like around $20 but you don't need to pay tip lol And the trick is to use their coupons or get the day time special...much cheaper!

just to show wealth ^,

I simply wouldn't go to weddings

Tecnovlog XD lol

John Song ya sometimes it's just to show off they are wealthy, some just really nice, some just want face(pride). Gold and jade are really every where in china so... not much of a big deal. i have quite a few gold and jade necklaces.

USA too lol

200million? What?

Stuart Otis there are not 200mil in japan!

127 million live in a country the size of the state of Montana.

Topher Redden Haha that must be it!!

Gemma Apps Or maybe just London haha...I know I'm gonna be so shocked at how much cheaper things are when I go to uni up North (hopefully if I get in). That's why those studying in London get a higher loan and grant.

Gemma Apps I tried buying England .. and I agree

+MissCarbonHeart - i live in Suffolk, was born in London, where i am is mega cheap for living thankfully, dont think i could ever live in a city again, like Grace & Ryosuke, country living is so much more relaxed and healthy!

+Alistair Billy John Boholst thankfully where i live there are more hippies than chavs

Alistair Billy John Boholst Not sure if it's just me but I don't see many chavs these days haha, plenty on Jeremy Kyle though.