Recording summary · May 2017
How much my 2 week romantic trip to Japan cost me
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Overview
Daniel detailed the expenses, itinerary, lodging, and personal social encounters from a two-week trip to Japan in April during the hanami cherry blossom season, which totaled approximately £3,000.
Daniel's travel costs included £1,117 for direct flights, about ¥20,000 (£140) on Shinkansen bullet train trips, around £150 total on food including whale meat, and hotel stays in Yokohama, Karuizawa, and Chiba Prefecture.
During the trip, Daniel met a woman in Yokohama he had previously encountered online, spending about ¥10,000 (£70) on meals before she declined to be his girlfriend the next day, and later posed a question to viewers about romantic partners secretly making YouTube videos about them.
Daniel recalled past hanami experiences involving an awkward encounter with a Thai acquaintance and her boyfriend, expressed no regret over the trip's overall cost despite regretting a missed social night in Tokyo, and subsequently returned home.
Themes
Expenses and breakdown of lodging, transportation, and food during the two-week Japan trip.
Social and romantic encounters in Japan, including an outing with an online contact and past hanami experiences.
Lodging transitions across Yokohama, Karuizawa in Nagano Prefecture, and Chiba Prefecture.
Developments
Daniel bought a direct flight to Japan for £1,117 during the peak hanami cherry blossom season in April.
Daniel stayed for two nights on the 60th floor of a hotel in Yokohama costing £230.
Daniel traveled to Karuizawa in Nagano Prefecture and stayed at an APA Hotel for around 9 to 10 nights at a cost of about £745.
Daniel took the Shinkansen bullet train back to Yokohama to meet a woman he met online, spending approximately ¥20,000 on train trips and around ¥10,000 on their meals before she declined to be his girlfriend the next day.
Daniel relocated to a self-service check-in hotel in Chiba Prefecture near the airport for a final night costing £85.
Daniel returned home at an undated time.
Uncertainties & gaps
The exact name of the hotel in Yokohama was not certain to Daniel, who remembered it as something like the Yokohama Grand Royale Hotel.
Daniel could not recall with certainty whether the stay at the APA Hotel in Karuizawa was for 9 days or 10 days.
Daniel was uncertain of the exact total spent on food over the two weeks, estimating it around £150.