When getting to Japan we decided taking a taxi to our hotelroom would be the best idea... It was not. When people say Tokyo is expensive they mean it is EXPENSIVE. We took one taxi ride, it took us almost an hour from Narita Airport to Shibuya and the amount was 30,000 Yen. Which is $300 USD. We were completely shocked at the amount. Now this was our fault, but it does make for a funny story. It's also amusing that our first transaction in JPY was about a 2-3 days worth of work. Speaking of JPY that's another thing I wanted to talk about. If you come from a country with a dollar somewhat close to the USD then you can just take the last two zero's off an amount in JPY and you have the "dollar" amount. Each zero basically represents a cent with the currency actually looking pretty cool. I'll be back later with more to post but I thought this might amuse some people. The Gakusei- J