Tool · Trip budget
Japan Trip Budget Calculator
What does the whole trip cost — not the flight, not the shopping, just the days themselves? Pick how you sleep, how you eat and how you get around Tokyo, and this worksheet prices every line from published rates: beds and meals as honest ranges, trains and tickets at their official prices. The base case is Tokyo; the airport run is Narita.
Your trip, line by line
Rooms sleep two; food and transport are costed for the same number of days as nightsWorking…
What this worksheet leaves out, on purpose. Shopping — the average visitor spends 27% of their whole budget on it, and it is the one line nobody can price for you. International flights. And intercity travel: a Tokyo–Kyoto round trip costs more than several nights of hotel, so if you are leaving Tokyo, price it separately with the JR Pass Calculator. Peak seasons (cherry blossoms, autumn leaves, New Year) push lodging well above the ranges below. Flying into Haneda instead of Narita? The transfer is shorter and usually cheaper — every airport figure here is Narita.
Related tools
JR Pass Break-Even Calculator — for the days you leave Tokyo · eSIM vs Pocket Wi-Fi Calculator — the connectivity line, priced properly
Klook — Tokyo attraction tickets · KKday — Tokyo attraction tickets
Booking links above are marked-up slots in this draft build; destinations are assigned in LINKS.md before launch.
The prices behind the calculator
| Type | Low | High |
|---|---|---|
| Hostel dorm bed (per bed) | ¥3,000 | ¥5,000 |
| Capsule pod (per pod) | ¥3,500 | ¥5,500 |
| Business hotel (per room) | ¥12,500 | ¥17,000 |
| Mid-range city hotel (per room) | ¥15,000 | ¥30,000 |
| Tier | Low | High |
|---|---|---|
| Budget — konbini + noodle/gyudon shops | ¥2,000 | ¥3,500 |
| Mid — casual restaurants | ¥3,500 | ¥8,000 |
| Splurge — high-end dinner most days | ¥15,000 | ¥39,000 |
| Item | Price |
|---|---|
| Tokyo Metro single ride (IC) | ¥178–324 |
| Tokyo Metro 24-hour ticket | ¥700 |
| Tokyo Subway Ticket — 24 h / 48 h / 72 h | ¥1,000 / ¥1,500 / ¥2,000 |
| Keisei Access Express (to Asakusa; ¥1,280 to Nippori) | ¥1,290 |
| TYO-NRT low-cost bus (to Tokyo Station/Ginza) | ¥1,500 |
| Keisei Skyliner (to Nippori/Ueno) | ¥2,580 |
| Airport Limousine Bus (to Tokyo Station area; ¥3,600 to Shinjuku/Shibuya) | ¥3,100 |
| JR Narita Express (to Tokyo Station) | ¥3,140 |
| Attraction | Price used |
|---|---|
| teamLab Planets TOKYO (from ¥3,800 by date) | ¥5,200 |
| Tokyo Skytree — Tembo Deck + Galleria, advance (from) | ¥3,000 |
| Tokyo National Museum — collection exhibitions | ¥1,000 |
| Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building observatories | Free |
How the calculator adds up: lodging and food are totalled at the low, middle and high of their ranges and the trip total is shown as that range; transport, airport, attraction and connectivity lines use fixed official prices, so they are the same at both ends. The Subway Ticket line prices the cheapest ladder of 24/48/72-hour passes that covers the trip. The eSIM line uses the Airalo 10 GB plan that covers the trip length at the planning rate of ¥160 = $1, and the pocket Wi-Fi line uses NINJA WiFi's 3 GB/day list rate — the dedicated calculator prices both properly.
Sources
- Japan Tourism Agency — Consumption Trend Survey of International Visitors, 2025 annual results (preliminary): average spend ¥228,782 per trip over 9.5 nights (≈¥24,100 per night), split accommodation 36.6%, shopping 27.0%, food and drink 21.9%. Released January 2026; checked 8 November 2026.
- The Japan Ode — "Japan Hotel Costs 2026": every Tokyo hostel dorm and capsule priced on Booking.com for Tuesday 8 December 2026 (dorms ¥3,250–8,800, median ¥4,265; capsules median ¥4,950), and the cheapest central-Tokyo business-hotel snapshot; checked 30 August 2026. Corroborated by HotelBank's OTA listed-price research (Tokyo business-hotel average ¥21,058 per room, October 2026 stays).
- Tokyo Metro (official) — adult IC fare table (¥178–324), 1-Day Open Ticket page (24-hour ticket ¥700) and Tokyo Subway Ticket page (24 h ¥1,000 / 48 h ¥1,500 / 72 h ¥2,000); checked 8 November 2026.
- Keisei Electric Railway (official fare table) — Skyliner ¥2,580 total (fare + liner ticket) and Access Express ¥1,290 to Asakusa / ¥1,280 to Nippori. Note: Keisei's English page still shows the old ¥2,470 Skyliner price; the fare table figure is the current one. Checked 8 November 2026.
- TYO-NRT (official) — low-cost bus, Narita ⇄ Tokyo Station/Ginza, ¥1,500 adult; Airport Transport Service / Limousine Bus (official) — ¥3,100 to the Tokyo Station area, ¥3,600 to Shinjuku/Shibuya; JR East — Narita Express ¥3,140 to Tokyo Station. Checked 8 November 2026.
- teamLab Planets TOKYO (official ticket store) — date-based pricing from ¥3,800, observed typical date ≈¥5,200 across October–December 2026; Tokyo Skytree (official) — Tembo Deck + Galleria advance ticket from ¥3,000 under the date-based pricing introduced 1 April 2026; Tokyo National Museum (official) — collection exhibitions ¥1,000. Checked 8 November 2026.
- Food tiers: TokyoTourism.org, "Tokyo on a Budget 2026" (backpacker food ¥2,000–3,500/day; restaurant tiers to ¥8,000/day) and JNTO restaurant price surveys compiled by TravelTipNow; splurge tier built from published meal prices (high-end dinner ¥10,000–30,000+). Checked 8 November 2026.
- Connectivity: Airalo Japan eSIM store and NINJA WiFi official daily rates, as used by the eSIM vs Pocket Wi-Fi calculator; planning rate ¥160 = $1. Checked 8 November 2026.