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coins and a block or two away from a bubbly vitamin drink, hot
creamy tea in a can, a "Pocari Sweat" athletic drink, sweet corn
soup and hot chocolate rum drinks.

Photography

Travellers who want to take pictures will find themselves well sup-
ported by one of the most camera-happy countries in the world.
You'll see middle aged ladies heading to the park on the weekend
with three foot long lenses. 83% of the population is estimated to
own cameras. People will understand what you are doing with a
camera and might agree to pose or at least take a photo for you.
Accessories and batteries for most cameras are easy to come by.

Convenience Stores

There are rich worlds of compressed shopping in nearly every
neighborhood, what seems like every block in Japan. If you figure
out what you like in a Japanese convenience store you are never far
from immediate gratification.

Coin Lockers

A busy vagabond can stash their stuff in a multitude of coin lockers
available in train stations, dance clubs, hotels.

Traveler's Inconveniences

Cost

Japan can be awfully expensive. Recent dollar to yen rates have
favored the foreign traveller, still it seems you can't walk out your door
in Tokyo without spending $30. It's the cost of importing things to this
island. It's the cost of an elaborate system of permissions and bu-
reaucracy. Someone once turned to me in Tokyo and chirped, "I love
that you don't have to tip here!" Yes, well, consider the cost of tips
factored into the cost of everything. Think of it as membership dues
for a helpful island club. The trains are painfully punctual, you're not
likely to get mugged, and often people will go out of their way to help
you. And so you pay a little bit more, sometimes a lot more.

For prices in this book, we assume an exchange rate of around 130
yen to each US$ dollar. The quick and dirty way to approximate the
exchange rate is to take a price stated in yen and trim off two zeros.
For example, 1000 yen would be around 10 dollars. Actually, it's
about $7.70; if you think of it as ten dollars instead of the actual
amount you should come out ahead.

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