How expensive are Japanese taxicabs?

[chris888222]

The Japanese services always broadcast in Japanese, English, Mandarin Chinese, and Korean. In written text, they also translate to these languages, with Chinese provided in both Simplified and Traditional formats. You can notice this whenever you're traveling on the subways and buses in Tokyo. They are extremely organized and efficient in this fashion.

To be frank, I'm surprised that they added chinese. I have heard so much hate about Japanese and Chinese and they still used the language in their subways, buses etc. Maybe it's because Japan is a popular destination for the Taiwanese?

This is good though, a lot of Singaporeans (particularly students in exchange programs) were actually residing in Fukushima prefecture. If the warning were only given in Japanese, I bet these people would surely be washed away.

Tokyo taxis = expensive... Hmm... Everything in Tokyo from our TV documentary seems expensive, with meals over ¥45,000 and many other stuff such as fruit picking and scenery viewing for more than ¥2,500 each (and it is not a show named 'luxury japan'!). Did Tokyo actually change over the past 3 years?

 

[CarbonX13]

The Japanese services always broadcast in Japanese, English, Mandarin Chinese, and Korean. In written text, they also translate to these languages, with Chinese provided in both Simplified and Traditional formats. You can notice this whenever you're traveling on the subways and buses in Tokyo. They are extremely organized and efficient in this fashion.

To be frank, I'm surprised that they added chinese. I have heard so much hate about Japanese and Chinese and they still used the language in their subways, buses etc. Maybe it's because Japan is a popular destination for the Taiwanese?

Tokyo taxis = expensive... Hmm... Everything in Tokyo from our TV documentary seems expensive, with meals over ¥45,000 and many other stuff such as fruit picking and scenery viewing for more than ¥2,500 each (and it is not a show named 'luxury japan'!). Did Tokyo actually change over the past 3 years?

Taiwan was the primary reason that the Chinese language was introduced, because there are a large amount of tourists visiting Japan from Taiwan, and vice versa. In fact, Japan only began to use Simplified Chinese in the very recent past; it used to be completely in Traditional due to the Taiwanese. The Japanese government has also eased off its 'hatred' towards its neighbours in recent years, likely due to their growing economic cooperation. It's basically putting things in the past and working for a better future.

As for prices, everything within Tokyo seems to be bloated by a bit, but not to a ridiculous extent. There are the lavish residencies and hotels that are really expensive, but they still stick with appropriate pricing due to location and the services they offer. If you do the currency conversion, you'll notice that things in Tokyo are slightly more expensive than say in Canada, but nothing that really blows things out of the water.

 

[chris888222]

The Japanese services always broadcast in Japanese, English, Mandarin Chinese, and Korean. In written text, they also translate to these languages, with Chinese provided in both Simplified and Traditional formats. You can notice this whenever you're traveling on the subways and buses in Tokyo. They are extremely organized and efficient in this fashion.

To be frank, I'm surprised that they added chinese. I have heard so much hate about Japanese and Chinese and they still used the language in their subways, buses etc. Maybe it's because Japan is a popular destination for the Taiwanese?

Tokyo taxis = expensive... Hmm... Everything in Tokyo from our TV documentary seems expensive, with meals over ¥45,000 and many other stuff such as fruit picking and scenery viewing for more than ¥2,500 each (and it is not a show named 'luxury japan'!). Did Tokyo actually change over the past 3 years?

Taiwan was the primary reason that the Chinese language was introduced, because there are a large amount of tourists visiting Japan from Taiwan, and vice versa. In fact, Japan only began to use Simplified Chinese in the very recent past; it used to be completely in Traditional due to the Taiwanese. The Japanese government has also eased off its 'hatred' towards its neighbours in recent years, likely due to their growing economic cooperation. It's basically putting things in the past and working for a better future.

As for prices, everything within Tokyo seems to be bloated by a bit, but not to a ridiculous extent. There are the lavish residencies and hotels that are really expensive, but they still stick with appropriate pricing due to location and the services they offer. If you do the currency conversion, you'll notice that things in Tokyo are slightly more expensive than say in Canada, but nothing that really blows things out of the water.

I went to Taiwan last year... Yup, they were still using the traditional script.

As for Japanese costs, a local forum stated 'if you plan carefully, Tokyo can actually be cheaper than New York, Central London and even Singapore'. Well, Singapore is well known for its cheap eateries (or hawker centers)... but things have changed over the years... Now the quantity of hawker food at $2.50 or $3 is equal to only about 1/3 of what a typical american meal would serve. Quality has also dropped a lot.