I said 'reasonably' cheap.... it wasn't the cheapest place I've been. That would have been a remote island in Vanuatu where there was no water or electricity and we ate pig cooked directly on a fire...

But after having friends warn me over and over about how expensive Japan would be, I was surprised at how little the 2 weeks cost. Mind you we ate in local noodle bars and stayed in cheap local hotels.

How can you resist a country that has beer vending machines in the hotel corridors?