Prices in Tokyo
Tokyo is the priciest of Japan's big four for a visitor, though it rarely matches London or New York for everyday spending. The real premium shows up in tourist-district cafés, hotel bars and sit-down dinners, while chain eateries, convenience shops and the subway stay remarkably reasonable. Eat where office workers eat and the capital becomes far more forgiving than its reputation.
The country average is ¥ 513 for coffee, ¥ 1,250 for lunch, ¥ 626 for beer, and ¥ 5,375 for dinner.
Hiroshima is the cheapest city.
Tokyo welcomed roughly 28.65 million overseas visitors in 2025, a record and up 15.6 per cent on the previous year, according to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. Domestic travel dwarfs that figure: the capital also received about 479.96 million domestic visitors in 2025. Overseas visitors spent around ¥4.55 trillion in Tokyo in 2025, another record and almost 15 per cent more than in 2024. Japanese travellers added roughly ¥5.58 trillion of tourism spending in the city, so visitors of every kind are a major pillar of the capital's consumer economy.
Use this page to judge a price in Tokyo. The guide is a typical range in Japanese yen, and the converter puts an amount into your home currency.
Food and drink
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Coffee
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Budget
No budget band for this item in Tokyo
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Mid-range¥ 525 to 750
A cup at an everyday neighbourhood café
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Luxury¥ 675 to 1,200
A cup at a café in a busy tourist district
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Casual lunch
Typical range¥ 1,000 to 2,000Per-person lunch at a family restaurant, izakaya or casual ethnic spot
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Local beer
Typical range¥ 500Cold draft Asahi Super Dry at a counter izakaya
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Bottled water
Typical range¥ 110 to 200A small bottled water from shops around Tokyo
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Typical dinner
Typical range¥ 3,000 to 6,000Per-person dinner at a mid-range sit-down restaurant or izakaya
Getting around
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Short taxi hop across central Tokyo
Typical range¥ 500Flag-fall covering the shortened first kilometre
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Tokyo Metro subway single ride
Typical range¥ 180 to 210Paper ticket denominations sold at Tokyo Metro stations
Typical ranges, not a live menu.
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Verified against Tokyo Prices 2026: ¥12k–25k/Day — Fair or Tourist Trap? | SpendSanity, How Much Does Food Really Cost in Japan? A 2025 Guide to Grocery and Meal Prices | E-Housing, Drinking Tokyo: Where to Drink Across the City – Drinking Japan, Cost of Living in Tokyo. Nov 2026. Prices in Tokyo, タクシー運賃の値上げについて（2026年4月20日適用） – 天龍交通株式会社 東京無線タクシーグループ, Tokyo Metro | Regular Tickets, and https://www.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/information/press/2026/06/2026063001, sources checked November 2026.
- Tokyo Prices 2026: ¥12k–25k/Day — Fair or Tourist Trap? | SpendSanity
- How Much Does Food Really Cost in Japan? A 2025 Guide to Grocery and Meal Prices | E-Housing
- Drinking Tokyo: Where to Drink Across the City – Drinking Japan
- Cost of Living in Tokyo. Nov 2026. Prices in Tokyo
- タクシー運賃の値上げについて（2026年4月20日適用） – 天龍交通株式会社 東京無線タクシーグループ
- Tokyo Metro | Regular Tickets
- https://www.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/information/press/2026/06/2026063001