LIVE FROM INCHEON, SOUTH KOREA

[railcaider]

Incheon International Airport, near Seoul, is located on an island. By some coincidence that I don't put too much importance in, so is Kansai International Airport, near Osaka. Though my flight only lasted an hour and a half, I've spent the better part of the day in transit of some form

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[bigmog]

Why are Prices in Japan So Damn High??

This is an interesting read that explains a lot.

[railcaider]

Yeah, some of that seems pretty close to what I was trying to get at, but some of it seems a little out there. After living in Japan for about a year and a half now I think that you can live pretty cheaply if you actually watch out for yourself and think about costs. Some things (like rent and transportation) are just going to be expensive, but if you get out there and look you can find a lot of cheap stuff.

[exswoo]

Yeah...Korea's not as orderly as Japan. Although there are social situations are as formal as it is in Japan, you probably won't run into much of those as a tourist.

There's a lot of debate in Korea about changing the currrency so that stuff that you're talking about is lessened to some extent, since the Korean currency hasn't seen an update over the past few decades, and with inflation and what not, a lot of people in Korea end up carrying stacks of bills with them all the time. The main hitch is

a)A lot of economists argue that introducing a new bill will increase the rate of inflation.

b)Most people in Korea rely on Bank Money Orders when carrying larger denominations around, so it's not like there is absolutely no options...

I really love the taxis in Korea though. It was so cheap :)