Entertainment_Prices
My daughter bought her ticket for a pop idol concert. It is the concert of 5 Seconds Of Summer held in Japan in next February. The ticket price was approximately 9000 yen ($73.17 €68.18) for one person. At first, my daughter made a telepho…
In last August I visited National Museum of Japanese History with my son. It is located in Sakura city, Chiba prefecture. It took 2 hours from the central Tokyo to the museum. The museum itself is huge. It takes 3 or 4 hours to see all exh…
I visited the Yokohama History Museum with my son today. The Yokohama History Museum is located near Center-Kita station of Yokohama Municipal Subway. It takes 5 minutes walk from the station to the museum. You can learn the entire history…
This week I visited Shinagawa Aquarium with my son. Its admission fee was 1350 yen ($10.98 €9.93) for adults, 600 yen for students. In August many visitors come to the aquarium. From August 12 to August 16 the aquarium opens at 9:30. It is…
Yesterday I went to a movie theater to see "Mad Max: Fury Road". The day before yesterday, in the afternoon, I went to another theater to see it. But the ticket was sold out, and I could not see the movie. The next day it was still hard to…
I visited Sarushima Island with my son in April. Sarushima is a small uninhabited island in Tokyo bay. It is the only natural island in the bay. To go to Sarushima island, we have to use a boat. The boat fare is 1500 yen ($12.71 €11.54) fo…
Tobu World Square is an architectural museum with reproductions of 102 world-famous buildings on the 1/25 scale. It is located near Kinugawa-onsen hot spring in Nikko city. It takes 10 minutes from Kinugawa-onsen station to the museum by b…
I renewed my annual membership of a rental DVD shop today. It cost 216 yen ($1.91 €1.52). When I made a next year's contract, I can rent one disk without charge. I rented a movie "Elysium". The following disk is Elysium.
My daughter went to Yomiuriland with her classmates. Yomiuriland is an amusement park which has attractions and the pool. The pool is open in summer season. The admission fee which includes pool admission for adults is 4700 yen ($46.08 €34…
My daughter went to a movie theater to see a roadshow movie ”Case Closed: Dimensional Sniper" with her friend. Ticket prices for students is 1000 yen ($9.80 €7.09). Adult price is 1800 yen. The price was not raised after April's tax increa…
Until April 7th, my son is taking his spring break. He and my wife went to Hanayashiki Amusement Park (花やしき) this week. Hanayashiki is the oldest amusement park in Japan, located in Asakusa. Its admission fee is 1000 yen ($9.71 € 7.09)…
I went to Mitsubishi Minatomirai Industrial Museum with my son. It is located in the water front district of Yokohama city. Its admission fee is 500 yen ($4.95 €3.57), 300 yen for Junior high/High school students, 200 yen for elementary sc…
My son and I visited Intermediatheque which is a museum displaying specimens the University of Tokyo had been collecting for many years. It is located in front of Tokyo station. No admission fee is required. My son said "Just bones". So th…
I went to Tokyo Big Sight to see Tokyo Motor Show on Dec 1st last year. Its admission fee was 1500 yen ($14.42 €10.56). Fortunately I was given a ticket by my client. I entered the show with that ticket. 108,100 people came to the show on …
I visited to Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Cultural History with my son. It is located in Yokohama, near Bashamichi station. Its admission fee is 300 yen ($2.88 €2.11) for adults and free for junior high school student or under. It is an …
I visited to Cup Noodle Museum with my wife and my son. It is located Yokohama. Its admission fee is 500 yen ($4.81 €3.52) for adults, no charge for under 15 kids. You can see the history of Cup Noodle (instant noodle in a cup. next image)…
I made a pilgrimage to visit "Tokai shichifukujin seven deities of good fortune" with my local community members. Tokai shichifukujin are stamp places for pilgrims to visit seven deities of good fortune, which consist of seven temples and …
I went to Meguro Parasitological Museum with my son. It is located in the southern Tokyo. It takes 15 minutes from Meguro station (JR Yamanote-line) to the museum on foot. It displays 300 actual specimens of parasites and there is no charg…
I visited Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium with my family in August. Its admission fee was 2000 yen ($20.20 €14.93) for adults, half price for under 15. There were so many vistors in the aquarium. It was hard to see fish carefully. Remarkabl…
I bought a secondhand novel at a secondhand shop Book Off. It cost 105 yen ($1.05 €0.81). The original price was 1260 yen ($12.60 €9.69). Book Off is the biggest chain store of secondhand books. 105 yen (almost $1) is the cheapest price at…
I went to a movie theater to see Star Trek Into Darkness with my son. Its admission fee was 1200 yen for each (discounted price). Common price is 1800 yen ($18.37 €13.85). On the every first day of month, a theater ticket is discounted. So…
Report from Nagoya: I visited Nagoya TV Tower. Its admission fee is 600 yen ($6.12 €4.62). Half price is required for kids (under 12). The tower is 180 metres high. It has two main observation decks at the 90 metres hight and 100 metres. I…
I went to Special Exhibition "Thunderbirds Expo - Special-effects of the Century Depict our Future" held at National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Miraikan). Its admission fee is 1300 yen ($13.40 €10.00), 700 yen ($7.22 €5.38)…
I went to a city pool near my house. Its entrance fee is 400 yen ($4.12 €3.08) for 3 hours. There are 3 sessions in the pool, morning session, afternoon session, evening session. One ticket is valid for one session. You also need to pay lo…
I went to a city pool (Higashi-chofu-koen pool) with my son. Its entrance fee is 360 yen ($3.71 €2.77) for one day use. Kids price is 100 yen. There is no time limitation to use the pool within a day. It means you can stay at the pool from…
I went to Odaiba beach of Tokyo bay today. It took 7 minutes train ride from my home to the station near the beach. It is an artificial beach made in 1996. We can not swim at the beach because water is dirty. Some people play with water. T…
I went to Kikunaike pool in Yokohama city with my family. Kikunaike pool is run by Yokohama city and its entrance fee is 800 yen ($8.25 €6.25) for one day ticket. Kids ticket is 300 yen for one day. The shape of the pool is a circle river …
I visited the Little World Museum of Man with my family. Its admission fee was 1600 yen ($16.49 €12.50). Kids price was 600 yen ($6.19 €4.69). According to their web site, the exhibition of the museum is; Along a 2.5 km round road, there a…
At our summer festival, we carry our portable shrines through streets in the community. In the morning from 9 to 11, the smaller portable shrine is carried by kids. There is also the drum car which is pulled by kids. Adults carry the stand…
I went Jonanjima Kaihin seaside park with my son. We did crab fishing in the rocky area. There is no charge to enter the park. We made a fishing device like the below. It consists of a string and bait (dried squid). I dropped it between th…