Japan is not expensive 03

Today we went to Cainz Home and I decided to continue my report on how living in Japan isn't expensive.
You can read my previous posts Japan Isn't Expensive 01 & Japan Isn't Expensive 02.


Jack Daniels ￥1850 ($18.50)
When I left Sydney a bottle of Jack was about $35.


Suntory Hokuto Whisky 600ml 50% ￥980 ($9.80)
Suntory Pure Malt Whisky 600ml 40% ￥945 ($9.45)
Nikka Malt Club 600ml 40%￥925 ($925)
And all three of these Whiskeys are very nice indeed!


Johnny Walker Black Label ￥1980 ($19.80)
Johnny Walker Red Label ￥1080 ($10.80)

These are the usual prices and I haven't seen them change in 4 years. When I left Sydney A bottle of Black was about $40 and Red $26.


Now we come to cheap Sake. When you have a large family gathering (and there are plenty of those) and you have many mouths to feed and men to get drunk and put to sleep so the women can talk, cheap 4L bottles of Sake are the trick.

These range from ￥1600 - ￥2160 ($16-$21.60)


And of course you can't forget your martini necessities! (Spoona, this one is for you!)
Smirnoff Vodka ￥1080 ($10.80)
Beefeater Gin ￥1000 ($10)
When I left Sydney a bottle of Smirnoff Vodka & BeefEater Gin was $26 each.



For those of you who might have noticed that the Australian Dollar prices are at parity with the yen, and that's because they are! According to XE.com $1 = ￥103.188 today.
A little later I plan to write about Beer prices in Japan.