Tokyo on a Budget
After doing Tokyo semi “Lost in Translation” the first time round, we opted for a more “down to earth” approach for our 2nd trip.
So instead of all the skyscraper restaurants and fancy hotel we opted for local grub and local apartment.
Worked out really well and can only recommend it if you want to save your pennies and spend them on dollies instead!
They both got their advantages, the first one would definitely be room service but the 2nd is that your apartment is yours.
You will never be disturbed by any staff and you can leave your stuff out and about without anyone but you moving it around.
Advantage if you are there on a dollie spending spree and don’t want anyone messing with THAT wig 
Hubby and I did a blog post on this together where you will find more tips and tricks on how to do Tokyo on a Budget.
Hope it comes in handy if you plan on going to Tokyo for Dolpa or something like that 
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I enjoyed your thorough blog post (w/Rob) on Tokyo-on-da-cheap. Do it that way next time, too. In fact, by then, I’ll have talked u and Robert into spending more time in Kansai – just so you see what I like here, and we get more time with you two. For starters, you might look into the Japan Sea coast, like Tottori (I lived there a year) and Himeji (its got the castle featured in Tom Cruise’s The Last Samurai). You can actually walk through the castle, and you’ll trust me on this, WAY more fastinating than Osaka Castle, inside especially.
Glad you like our blog post ^^
Heh Heh, I am sure we will be spending more time in Osaka next time round
You got a great Volks store there 
And you owe us a meet up with your wife!