Projected cost of accommodation, airfares and transport is $2620 so far.
Contents
Money changing
- 88,000 yen for 1003.90 AUD
- ~77,000 yen for ~900 AUD
Effective rate of ~86.71 yen to the AUD
- 29,000 yen withdrawal for 340.91 AUD
- 9,000 yen withdrawal for 109.25 AUD
- 5,000 yen withdrawal for 62.92 AUD
513.08 AUD withdrawn. Effective rate of 83.81 yen to the AUD
Combined total of 208,000 yen for 2,416.98 AUD, 86.06 effective rate.
Accommodation
- 8th - Toyoko Inn Akiba: 7106 yen
- 9th to 11th - Shibuya Airbnb: $331.00
- 12th - Muu in Mutsu: 4500 yen
- 13th - Toyoko Inn Aomori-eki: 7106 yen
- 14th - 15th - Toyoko Inn Sendai: 11362 yen
- 16th - 17th - Via Inn Akiba: 17600 yen
Roughly 47,774yen and $331 AUD in total (guessing)
Airfares
- Jetstar: $1337.00
Transport
- JR pass: $309.00
- Car rental Aomori: 22,995 yen
- Car rental Sendai: 17,325 yen
- Car rental Tokyo Nissan: 29,000 yen (dovac will pay some)
Values above this line will be re-reported below.
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Prior
- Jetstar airfare: $1337.00
- JR Pass 7-day: $309.00
- Shibuya Airbnb: $331.00
August 8th Thursday
- Keisei Skyliner ticket: 2400 yen
- Vending machine drinks (acerola drink, Pepsi Nex): 240 yen
- Suica topup: 1000 yen
- B-mobile data SIM: 3480 yen
- Lawson snacks and drinks: 1311 yen
- Toyoko Inn: 7106 yen
- Ramen dinner: 700 yen
- Grape drink: 100 yen
Total: 16,337 yen
August 9th Friday
- Coke Zero vending machine: 120 yen
FamilyMart @ 19:37, drink: 135 yen
- Club Sega Shibuya, Maimai and UFO catcher for Senbonzakura Miku: 2500 yen
- Lawson @ 23:36, snacks and drinks: 650 yen
August 10th Saturday
- Lawson @ 13:31, cold drink: 137 yen
- Newdays @ 14:05, cold drinks: 1461 yen
- Utena material books: 8000 yen (recouped from Ast)
- 5pb booth, 3x nuigurumi, pins, poster: 11000 yen
- JR station @ 17:17, Suica recharge: 2000 yen
- Bic Camera @ 19:02, various goods, batteries, camera accessories, etc: 266.59 AUD (paid on debit card, 22780 yen)
- Pasela karaoke: 1900 yen
- Akiba arcade Maimai: 200 yen
- Seikatsu Saika @ 24:05, snacks and drinks: 189 yen
August 11th Sunday
- Comiket goods for Fish: 3100 yen
- Comiket goods for Retro: 4500 yen
- Pepsi Nex from west hall: 120 yen
- Street performer on the plaza: 1000 yen
FamilyMart @ 17:04, snacks etc: 843 yen
- JR station @ 18:12, Suica recharge: 1000 yen
- Tabgraphics set from Blitz: 1000 yen
- Dinner at izakaya in Ebisu: 3000 yen
- Don Quijote @ 23:40, various things: 4653 yen
- Chashu ramen at random joint in Shibuya: 700 yen
August 12th Monday
- Newdays, drinks: 389 yen
- Coke on shinkansen: 130 yen
- Lunch on shinkansen, sandwiches and juice: 650 yen
- Aomori-eki, vending machine coke: 120 yen
- Toyota car rental Aomori (18559 yen, on debit card): 216.34 AUD
- Lawson, snacks: 667 yen
B&B Muu: 4500 yen
- Mutsu grand hotel onsen: 500 yen
- Coffee milk: 110 yen
- Sukiya, oomori gyudon: 380 yen
August 13th Tuesday
- Lawson in Mutsu, drinks and sandwiches: 449 yen
- Toyoko Inn Aomori-eki: 7106 yen
- Toyoko Inn Aomori car parking: 500 yen
- Vending machine royal milk tea: 120 yen
August 14th Wednesday
- NEXCO Expressway towards Towada-ko: 850 yen
- Apple omiyage: 2860 yen
- NEXCO Expressway back to Aomori: 2250 yen
- Mantan (full tank) for Corolla Fielder rental car (35.96L @ 159yen/L): 5717 yen
- Snacks at train station(?): 770 yen
- Eki-ben (hitode): 900 yen
- Toyoko Inn Sendai-eki higashiguchi 1: 11362 yen
- Toranoana Sendai, rare doujins: 4590 yen
- Saizeriya Sendai, dinner: 636 yen
- Game Centre at Bivi: 500 yen
August 15th Thursday
- 7-11, drinks and snacks: 720 yen
- Toyota car rental Sendai (17325 yen, on debit card): 200.69 AUD
- NEXCO Expressway towards Minamisoma: 650 yen
- 7-11 out near Odaka, drinks and snacks: 357 yen
- NEXCO Expressway back to Sendai: 600 yen
- Rikyu, gyutan dumplings, steak and beer: 2362 yen
- Familymart, drinks and snacks: 293 yen
- Dydo vending machines in the middle of nowhere: 200 yen
- Toyoko Inn Sendai car parking: 500 yen
August 16th Friday
- ZA GYOZA: 420 yen
- Rental car damage and mantan (21543 yen, on debit card): 249.54 AUD
- Sendai-eki locker rental: 0 yen (taken from Suica, was 600 yen)
- Kohi-Kan, croque monsieur and sumibi coffee: 750 yen
- Game Centre at Bivi: 100 yen
- Drinks at Sendai-eki: 355 yen
- Via Inn Akihabara, two nights and car parking space: 19100 yen
- Suica recharge Akiba-eki: 1000 yen
- Don Quijote, fukken everything: 10412 yen
August 17th Saturday
- K-Books, Yuri Danshi: 1980 yen
- K-Books, Airspace book: 1890 yen (Trej's)
- Toranoana, Dirndl Frau CD: 1654 yen
- Toranoana, new C84 books: 9450 yen
- Mister Donut, 3 donuts and iced coffee: 692 yen
- Nissan Rentacar, Fairlady Z Z34 (29085 yen, on debit card): 338.52 AUD
- Cospatio, kneesocks, socks and eyebrow pencil: 3202 yen
- D-Stage, Necoco and Lenfried ROMS: 6510 yen (Retro's)
- Newdays, drink/snack: 178 yen
- 7-11 @ 25:30, ichigo milk: 98 yen
- NEXCO Expressway @ 25:49, Tokyo Aqua Line: 3150 yen
August 18th Sunday
- Shutoku Expressway, driving to Big Sight: 900 yen
- Harajuku Quest car parking, 2x 30min increments: 1000 yen
- Shutoku Expressway, driving to Shinagawa: 900 yen
- Nissan Rentacar, mantan (5040 yen, on debit card): 58.38 AUD
- Kanda post office, medium box: 140 yen
- Kanda post office, Fish's shipping to HK: 1100 yen
- Kanda post office, small box: 100 yen
- Kanda post office, shipping medium box to self, 2130g: 4700 yen
- Kanda post office, shipping small box to self, 1195g: 2800 yen
- NEX, coffee: 390 yen
- Seikatsu Saika @ 22:53, snacks and drinks: 416 yen
- Via Inn Akihabara, one night: 6500 yen
August 19th Monday
- Starbucks, coffee and sandwich: 730 yen
- Uniqlo, underwear and socks (1780 yen, on debit card): 20.61 AUD
- Y's mart (supermarket under UDX), snacks and drinks: 210 yen
- Yodobashi Camera, Eneloops for Martin and battery cases (3680 yen, on credit card): 42.42 AUD
- Tomod's, lollies for Kat: 744 yen
- Don Quijote, Instax film and cola sticks (3058 yen, on credit card): 35.03 AUD
- Don Quijote, navy blue high socks and grey cardigan (2848 yen, on credit card): 32.62 AUD
- M's Store, adult toys (3280 yen, on credit card): 38.25 AUD
- JR Akiba udon shop: 580 yen
- Keisei Skyliner: 2400 yen
- Narita airport Excelsior Caffe, maple latte thing: 350 yen
- Narita airport Blue Sky, gummies: 715 yen
- Jetstar inflight meal: 18.50 AUD
Others
- Ast paid for Utena books: -8000 yen
Fish's books and shipping: 4200 yen (pending) - Trej's airspace book: 1890 yen (pending)
- Retro's cosplay ROMs: 11010 yen