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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 1318595, member: 19065&quot;]Right now, in some places in Japan, you can buy a bottle of water or cold green tea in a vending machine for ¥100, though ¥120 to ¥150 is more common. In Japan there is a 5% consumption tax on sales, so factor that into the price of things as well if you are trying to understand value.</p><p><br /></p><p>Supermarkets sell bottled drinks like water, tea and juice for ¥78, ¥98, and ¥105 pretty regularly, while convenience stores will range ¥125 - ¥147ish per bottled drink. These are all for standard 500ml plastic bottles or smaller sizes, as well as many small tetrapaks and some small metal canned beverages, like chilled coffee drinks.</p><p><br /></p><p>A tiny pack of breath mints or a small packet of chocolates (like the smallest packet of M&amp;Ms) would also sell close to ¥100 in a convenience store.</p><p><br /></p><p>Search &quot;consumption tax japan&quot; and you can find documents pertaining to that topic as well. </p><p><br /></p><p>CTers <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/member.php?u=17919" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/member.php?u=17919">Collector1966</a> and <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/member.php?u=4703" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/member.php?u=4703">hontonai</a> may well be your best source for this info. If you are in a hurry, shoot them a PM or post a comment in their visitor page.</p><p><b><font size="1"><a href="http://www.oanda.com/currency/historical-rates/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.oanda.com/currency/historical-rates/" rel="nofollow"><br /></a></font></b></p><p><b><font size="1"><a href="http://www.oanda.com/currency/historical-rates/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.oanda.com/currency/historical-rates/" rel="nofollow"><br /></a></font></b></p><p><b><font size="1"><a href="http://www.oanda.com/currency/historical-rates/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.oanda.com/currency/historical-rates/" rel="nofollow">OANDA Historical Exchange Rates</a></font></b></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.xe.com/ucc/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.xe.com/ucc/" rel="nofollow"><font size="1"><b>x-e currency conversion</b></font></a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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