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fiogf49gjkf0d ALL PRICES STATED IN THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ARE ONLY
APPROXIMATE AND ARE INCLUDED SIMPLY TO GIVE AN IDEA OF
THE TARIFFS FOR THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF ACCOMMODATION.
WESTERN STYLE ACCOMMODATION:
HOTELS:
HOTELS ARE CATEGORISED
DELUXE
FIRST CLASS
BUSINESS HOTEL
DELUX HOTEL.
AVERAGE ROOM CHARGE. DOUBLE OR TWIN ROOM JPY30,000.
FIRST CLASS
AVERAGE ROOM CHARGE. DOUBLE OR TWIN ROOM JPY20,000.
BUSINESS HOTEL
AVERAGE ROOM CHARGE. SINGLE ROOM JPY5,500 - 10,000.
PENSIONS:
THIS STYLE OF ACCOMMODATION IS USUALLY LOCATED CLOSE
TO SKI RESORTS OR LAKESIDE. THERE IS AN HOMELIKE
ATMOSPHERE AND AN ASSOCIATION WITH OUTDOOR SPORTS.
AVERAGE CHARGE JPY5,000 - 9,000 INCLUDING TWO MEALS.
YOUTH HOSTELS:
JAPAN HAS APPROXIMATELY 450 THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
SOME ARE PUBLICLY RUN AND OPEN TO ANYONE. FOR OTHERS
INTERNATIONAL YOUTH HOSTEL FEDERATION MEMBERSHIP IS REQUIRED.
THE CHARGE IS FROM JPY2,500 - 3,000 WITHOUT MEALS.
JAPANESE STYLE ACCOMMODATION:
RYOKAN:
THE TRADITIONAL JAPANESE INN.
THIS IS ACCOMMODATION IN A ROOM WHICH FUNCTIONS BOTH
AS SALON AND BEDROOM. THE MATTRESS IS LAID OUT ON THE
FLOOR. BATHROOMS ARE JAPANESE STYLE AND OFTEN COMMUNAL,
THOUGH SEXES ARE SEPERATED. THERE IS A MAID SERVICE.
TARIFFS RANGE FROM JPY15,000 - 40,000.
RATES USUALLY INCLUDE TWO MEALS AND ARE QUOTED PER
PERSON ON THE BASIS OF TWO TO THREE PEOPLE IN ONE ROOM.
PEOPLE'S LODGES (KOKUMIN SHUKUSHA):
THESE VERY REASONABLE LODGINGS ARE FOUND IN POPULAR RESORTS
& NATIONAL PARKS. AVERAGE CHARGE JPY 6,500 PER NIGHT.
MINSHUKU:
THIS TYPE OF ACCOMMODATION IS EQUIVALENT TO THE
EUROPEAN GUEST HOUSE. THE MINSHUKU ARE NORMALLY
OPERATED BY FAMILIES.
THE AVERAGE TARIFF IS JPY6500 - 9000 INCLUDING TWO MEALS.
OTHER TYPES OF ACCOMMODATION:
TEMPLES AND SHRINES:
A CERTAIN NUMBER OF SHINTO SHRINES AND BUDDHIST TEMPLES
PROVIDE OVERNIGHT STAYS FOR MODEST FEES.
ONSEN:
SOME HOT-SPRING RESORTS HAVE CONDOMINIUM APARTMENTS
ON RENT & OTHER TYPES OF TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION.
ECONOMY ACCOMMODATION (JAPANESE INN):
THERE ARE ABOUT 80 JAPANESE INN WHICH PROVIDES VISITORS
THE ACCOMMODATION AT VERY ECONOMICAL RATE.
AVERAGE RATE PER PERSON IS ABOUT JPY 4,000.
TAX AND SERVICE CHARGES:
IF THE ENTIRE ACCOMMODATION CHARGE PER PERSON PER
NIGHT IS JPY15,000 OR LESS, A 5% TAX IS IMPOSED.
WHEN OVER JPY15,000 A TOTAL 8% IS IMPOSED.
FIRST CLASS AND DELUXE HOTELS 10% - 15% SERVICE CHARGE
LEVIED IN PLACE OF TIPPING.
AT THE JAPANESE INNS WITH INDIVIDUALIZED MAID SERVICE
THERE IS USUALLY A 10% - 20% PERCENT SERVICE CHARGE
IS IMPOSED.
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