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Archive for December 11th, 2009

Coins on a tree at a Shinto shrine

Tokyo, as everyone knows, is one of the most expensive cities in the world. In Mercer’s Worldwide Cost of Living 2009 survey, a standard reference, Tokyo ranks highest. And it’s been in the top ranks ever since Mercer started collecting data in 1994. For the survey, Mercer compares the cost of over 200 items in each of the 143 reviewed locations.

So is it true, is Tokyo really this outrageously expensive? (more…)

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