So, I'm home and life is getting back to normal -- whatever that is. I'll probably do one more photo post once I round up the lingering pictures that I've come across (things other people took, some stuff that was still on my camera, etc.).
In the meantime, I just tallied the total cost of this adventure. I put off doing it because I wasn't sure I really wanted to know, but here goes...
Tuition paid to Yamasa: 1562.07 (110600 yen + 25000 yen deposit)
Airline ticket: 1425.00
Yamasa residence fees: 1180.07
Mt. Fuji trip: 181.54
Train ticket from Tokyo to Okazaki (shinkansen): 140.19
Train ticket from Okazaki to Tokyo (non-shinkansen): 106.79
Yamasa textbook purchase: 29.34 (an optional kanji book)
Other misc. credit card purchases (clothing, CDs, gifts): 124.97
Total ATM withdrawals: 926.28 (used for all groceries, dining out, entertainment, household necessities, some gifts, clothing, and all other expenses during the trip)
Grand total: $5676.25
Yikes! Of course it was a bit easier since I didn't have to pay it all at once -- I paid tuition in June, bought plane tickets back in May, etc.
The way I figure, around $4400 of this was non-optional (the cost of tuition, flight, and transportation to and from Okazaki). So I spent a little less than $1300 on non-necessities, or something like $38/day. However, that does include food. If I allow myself $20/day for food (which seems about right, given some eating in and some dining out), I get discretionary spending of $640.
$182 of that was for the Mt. Fuji tour. I didn't save receipts, but I'm guessing I spent a couple hundred dollars on clothing (including the warm clothing I needed for Mt. Fuji) and easily another hundred on entertainment (movies, karaoke). The remainder is probably household necessities (dishes, laundry detergent, hand towel, etc.) and gifts.
It was worth every penny, of course. But now I have to be good and not spend too much for a while, 'cause my savings account is sad.
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