My girlfriend and I returned from Tokyo last week. We spent a wonderful four days touring the city and we visited three of the four sites I previewed in my Tokyo preview post. I’ll make sure to add the Ghibli Museum to my itinerary for my next Tokyo trip. We arrived in my apartment Wednesday [...]
Archive | September, 2009
Comparing Grocery Prices in Japan to America
Nerd alert: I love grocery shopping. Knowing that my huge bowl of chocolate krispies only costs me thirty-five cents is a saver’s dream. I do enjoy the occasional night out at a restaurant with an appetizer, entree, and a glass of wine but at $8-$20 a shot these nights tend to come once every couple [...]
Off to Explore Tokyo – A Brief Itinerary
As you’re reading this I’m somewhere in Tokyo. Hopefully I know where I am. My girlfriend arrived in Japan on Saturday. She will be temporarily moving in with me as we try to find her a job at an English school. The plan is to have her stay for a year or two but she [...]
3 Steps for Outrageous Savings in College
I have a good amount of friends who are headed back to universities across America this month so I came up with my three money-saving tips for college students. The savings I managed to come up with blew me away. I actually looked at the total and thought no one is going to believe that [...]
FF’s Link Roundup: September 2009
This week was my first time partaking in a festival of personal finance so I thought I would stick with a theme of firsts and do my first weekly blog round-up. Below you’ll find my favorite reads from around the web. Enjoy!
The Downside of Excessive Savings for Japan
Japan is a closed culture. The people tend to stick to themselves and rarely speak out or do anything that would shed light on an individual. I once read a quote about the way Japanese people view the rights of an individual, “In America they say you have the right to free speech. In Japan, [...]
How I Saved $65 with a 5 Minute Phone Call
I wasn’t expecting to write a post about this topic tonight, but money stories tend to pop up out of nowhere. My girlfriend is arriving in Japan next Saturday. We’ve decided to make a long weekend out of her arrival in Tokyo since September 19-23 is a national holiday. We looked into different accommodations for [...]
Amazon Japan: More Power to the Customer
When I lived in America my girlfriend and I would often visit Best Buy, Borders, or the local mall on a Saturday afternoon. Fortunately for us, we’re a couple who sees finances similarly so these trips to stores were more of a chance to decompress from the week, hang out, and gawk at the expensive [...]
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Hi, my name's Austin Morgan. I teach English in Japan and write about money for twenty-somethings. Feel free to contact me with any questions and I hope you enjoy the site!
