Recording summary · January 2020
Surviving on £1.25 a day in Japan for 4 days
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Overview
Daniel undertakes a food budget challenge using one of each Japanese coin denomination totaling ¥666 to buy groceries and observe how long they last.
The supermarket purchase costs ¥661 before consumption tax and ¥713 at checkout, which is ¥52 over budget due to tax, leaving ¥3 in change after payment.
Groceries include bread, onions, ramen, potatoes, pork belly, and eggs, while pre-owned salt, pepper, and beef seasoning are excluded from the budget.
Meals cooked across three to four days include boiled vegetable pork soup, scrambled eggs on toast, mashed or boiled potatoes with fried pork and onions, and ramen with a poached egg, lasting about three and a half to four days.
Total expenses equate to roughly ¥178, £1.25, or $1.63 per day, projecting a monthly expenditure of around £37.50, alongside an evaluation regretting buying excessive onions over other vegetables.
Themes
Japanese coin denomination food challenge budget setup.
Supermarket grocery selection, prices, and checkout totals.
Multi-day meal preparation, taste evaluations, and cooking methods.
Evaluation of leftover ingredients, purchase regrets, and daily or monthly cost calculations.
Developments
Daniel assembles Japanese coins comprising 500, 100, 50, 10, 5, and 1 yen denominations to form the shopping budget.
Daniel purchases groceries at the supermarket, paying cash and receiving ¥3 in change after a register total of ¥713.
Daniel cooks dinner on day 1 by boiling vegetables and adding pork belly.
Daniel makes scrambled eggs on toast using 2 eggs, half an onion, and 1 slice of bread for breakfast on day 2.
Daniel prepares dinner on day 2 by mashing potatoes and frying onions and pork.
Daniel cooks ramen noodles topped with a poached egg for lunch on day 3.
Daniel cooks sliced boiled potatoes with fried pork and onions for dinner on day 3.
Uncertainties & gaps
Daniel expresses doubt prior to shopping about how many days the ¥666 budget will last.
Daniel is unsure whether exceeding the ¥666 budget due to consumption tax violates the challenge guidelines, believing shelf prices already included tax.
Daniel expresses uncertainty regarding the exact cost of the eggs, estimating it at ¥118.
Daniel expresses uncertainty regarding whether the initial food mathematics and calculations were completely accurate.