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March 03
- Suica NEX card: 5500
- Vending machine coffee: 130
- Via Inn Akihabara - 8 nights accommodation: 53500
- Matsuya - Curry and beer: 900
- Don Quixote - assorted goods: 4700
Total: 64,730 yen
March 04
- Tokyu Hands, Ginza - Nested d20 dice: 262
- Tokyu Hands, Ginza - Case for macbook: 1260
- Don Quixote - cyalume: 2160
- Don Quixote - facemasks to keep warm: 400
- Puchi taiyaki, Ginza: 525
- Cospa - Steins;Gate windbreaker jacket: 4935
- Cospa - Kuroko's Judgment armband: 1575
- Vending machine coffee: 130
Total: 11,247 yen
March 05
- Toranoana - CDs: 10577
- Toranoana - CDs: 7050
- Sofmap - Tako Luka plushie: 1780
- JR Akiba Konbini - coffee, bread, umbrella: 910
- Gogo Curry: 700
- Suica recharge: 2000
- Konbini (NEW DAYS) snacks: 506
- Konbini (7-11) drinks: 1008
- Retro Enterprises - Single-8 film cartridges (3200yen each), P300 battery replacement: 10500
Total: 35,031 yen
March 06
- Konbini - snickers bar, coffee: 230
- Ichiran - ramen with extras: 1190
- Gamers - Vocaloid stickers and clearfile: 525
- Fake keitai for cosplay: 200
- Dr Pepper (vanilla): 130
- Cos-Cha maid cafe: 2300
Total: 4,575 yen
March 07
- Gachapon - Donut-loli badge: 200
- K-Books - Steins;Gate 8bit edition secondhand: 3480
- Candy Fruit Optical - Unit-02 glasses frames: 24150
- White Canvas - CDs: 3075
- animate - sign single, Symphogear ED single: 3689
- Family Mart - snacks: 1231
- Becker's Famiresu - burger combo: 780
Total: 36,605 yen
March 08
- Takoyaki stall near JR Suidobashi: 500
- Concert merch - handful of can badges: 1000
- Concert merch - Livetunes "glitch" tshirt: 3500
- Konbini - snacks: 1593
Total: 6,593 yen
March 09
- Toranoana - ?: 5024
- Toranoana - ?: 12213
- Toranoana - ?: 1470
- Sofmap - Steins;Gate regular PC edition secondhand: 2980
- Mister Donut - two basic donuts: 200
- Cospa - Railgun-related goods: 4620
- Gamers - East New Sound CDs: 3000
- Konbini - drinks: 300
- JR East - Shinkansen ticket to Karuizawa: 5240 (on credit card)
- Shinano Railway - ticket to Komoro: 470
- Royal Hotel Komoro - 1 night, basic single non-smoking room: 4500
- Konbini (7-11) - snacks: 640
Total: 40,657 yen
March 10
- Souvenirs from Komoro - apple kitkats and caramels: 2106
- Souvenirs from Komoro - postcards: 350
- Komoro vending machine drinks: 500
- Shinano Railway - ticket to Karuizawa: 470
- JR East - Shinkansen ticket to Tokyo: 5240
- Melonbooks - assorted doujin books and CDs: 6995
- Good Smile Cafe: 1400
- Cos-Cha maid cafe: 1900
- Reauta Touhou bar: 1500
- Konbini (Lawson) - snacks and drinks: 1021
Total: 21,482 yen
March 11
- Via Inn Akihabara - checkout make-good: 1000
- Japan Post - biggest cardboard box: 350
- Japan Post - postcard to Australia: 70
- Japan Post - EMS shipping to zone 2A for 10.075kg: 15100
- Uiharu figure for Ast: 5250
- Retro Enterprises - shipping for processed Single-8 films: 1200
- Cospa - kneesocks: 5460
- Cospa - Kurisu keitai strap: 840
- Cospatio - white gloves, eyebrow pencil: 1575
- Cospa - Morino Ichigo hoodie: 5985
- Konbini (NEW DAYS, JR Tokyo) - snacks and drink: 555
- Vending machine at Narita airport: 280
Total: 37,665 yen
March 12
- In-flight dinner: 15 AUD
- In-flight Canadian Club and Dry: 8 AUD
- In-flight breakfast: 12 AUD
- Cairns airport Hungry Jacks - bacon burger: 5 AUD
- Cairns airport Coffee Club - Medium skim latte: 5 AUD
- In-flight cookie bar: 3 AUD
- Taxi from airport to home: 33.30 AUD
Total: AUD $81.30
Sum total
- 258,585 yen == AUD $3,134 @ 82.5 yen/dollar
- 81.30 AUD for costs incurred getting home
- About AUD $1,570 for airfares and concert tickets
- Rentafone costs were (93.22+16.20) = $109.42
Approximately $4,910 from start to finish.