| I have started this site on How to Save Money in | | | | nearly-expired product half-priced after 7 or 8 p.m. |
| Tokyo. If you are planning to study abroad in Japan | | | | Even though it's said to be nearly-expired, you can |
| or travel to Japan. It does you no harm just to take | | | | still store them for a day or two. By doing this it |
| a glance at this article. | | | | reduces 50% of your monthly food expense. Isn't it |
| I came to Japan two years ago. My first impression | | | | wonderful? |
| of this country is that "why is everything so | | | | Next, to save money in Tokyo, you will be visiting |
| expensive here"! Maybe the reason is that I'm | | | | this place called "Shop 99" in Japan. It's like dollar shop |
| Taiwanese and I used to live in Thailand for six years. | | | | in the U.S. Including tax, everything in Shop 99 is only |
| So I tried to figure out some ways to save money in | | | | 104 yen. (less than a dollar). The products sold in |
| Japan since I don't receive much from my parents. | | | | Shop 99 are not always cheaper than other places, |
| Let's go straight to the point, "How to Save Money | | | | so don't get tricked. However, most of the products |
| in Tokyo". I will be talking about where to get cheap | | | | such as beverage and snacks are a lot cheaper than |
| and tasty food in this article. To save money, I | | | | other convenient store. For example, a bottle of |
| recommend that you cook by yourself. Why? | | | | coke in other stores is 140 yen but here you can get |
| Because restaurants are what take most of your | | | | it with only 104 yen. That makes a huge difference |
| money away! In Japan, in most of the cases you buy | | | | isn't it? |
| your ingredients in supermarkets. So here's the point. | | | | I'll stop here for today. |
| most of the supermarkets have some of their | | | | |