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I think my daughter would love the Hello Kitty handbag...^_^

And I miss Mosburger...

Heh, I only spend about $200-300 a month

lol , i liked the picture of the bibimbab. . . looks tasty. pixie hiyori is cute as ever too lol. but you have to pay in order to park your bikes, man thats pretty strict <.<

i bought pennies. pretty useful app. i've got myself down for 40,000yen/month. personal expenses (figures, travel, eating out, iphone bill etc). let's see if i can live within that. you bought the app?

Not counting necessities, but purely recreational spending. I'd say it's about 700-1000 per month on eating out, gas, venue expenses, random items, etc. It would probably be alot less if I were single, but then all those prostitutes would cost an arm & a leg. Especially when they steal your wallet in the morning.

I think I've said it before, but I'll say it again, I always love your week in Tokyo posts. It's quite nice to see things from your perspective every week. As always, I'm envious of your figure collection. :p

Hmm, long meetings at GSC... I wonder what that could mean. ;)

I can't wait for Heroes next month. I've seen the first 15minutes and I gotta say, don't spoilt it for yourself!

Arg, I wish someone would bring To Love Ru across the Pacific. I've been keeping up with the anime and really enjoying it.

LOL at all the sweet Mikurus in their new outfits. And Hiyori looks soo cute....it's just that the huge pumpkin on her head makes it look kinda strange.
My monthly spendings vary extremely, and as I see a peak from sept.-nov (Haruka, Hayate and Ryogi releases), I'm trying to reduce it to 0 until then (one of the advantages of still living with you folks I guess)

When you have to to pay 25 € Cent a PET Bottle/Can youll start to recycle like us germans really fast^^
The Bottle/Can is often more worth than the drink inside.

Youre one lucky dude Danny...No need to spend money on Figures because the Figures get to you for free most of the time.I spend around 200€ a monh on unnescesary things.The rest of my money goes down the drain for living expenses.

I love the mikuru in the plant pot

Ah, the Big Sight. Last thing I heard, I saw it was, like, humongous. As in, the size of Expo Guadalajara, or some shit like that O_O

I had only eaten a shared bibimbap once with my friend, now I feel like eating again ;_;

I always takes the chance to clean a few figures here and there whenever I'm waiting my pc to startup

I spent 2 weeks in Tokyo last year and I'm pretty certain I never saw two vending machines with exactly the same selection of drinks. Perhaps a mathematician otaku can calculate the number of different combinations that are possible.

Oh and not a single vending machine ate my money. I never use vending machines is London as there's a 30% chance it will eat your money and not give you anything in return.

I've already spent my ten bucks this month, I am soooo hungry... =_= Usually, I tend to keep spending below fifty per month, but since I'm between jobs, it has to go to things that will help me out. My last big buy was a ten dollar bag/basket for my bike so I can go shopping for smaller things without using gas. Couldn't afford the huge basket that I could fit a gallon of milk and loaf of bread in, but I'll save up for that some day when I get hired somewhere.

About the recycle bit, there aren't many people who jump on recycling here in the states. If they do, they have to pay for municipal pick up or take it to a scrap buyer. College campuses tend to have many recycling bins, but people just as much toss their bottles and cans. Personally, I find no shame in dumpster diving to get more cans to redeem... I once knew a guy that saved up and bought a car just by recycling cans. O.o Inspiration!!! :D

woah, burgers again! how on earth do you maintain that excellent figure of yours? ^^

let's see now with the exception of the previous week, in which i was forced to partake in frivolous activities for uni orientation i would say my expenses on anime, manga,transportation and food amounts to about say... 300SGD for me? the most of which were spent on manga
to love ru was one of them ^__^

Nice article, Danny. Every time I wonder how you manage to put away all that food XD
Hmm... converted my amount and I have a budget of spending around $60 per month. Is it a lot or little, I can't tell anymore ^^; I tend to buy one or a mixture of these: Art supplies, manga, figures, books, pc supplies, games, living goods and airtime; this isn't a consistent list as I buy less than $60 at times.
Around here, it's anywhere between 250-700 yen for a 'decent' meal. You could pay less; it really depends where you buy.

That Pixie Hiyori looks mighty interesting. :)

As far as expenses go, I've been spending at least $100 on my figures and models a month, and give or take another $200 on my daily expenses and my coffee expenses. Total monthly, I'd say $400 - 500 give or take.

Hehe, those Nendoroid are cutely versatile. I can just see Haruhi going 'Smells like Mikuru~' in the classic costume exchange style. Personally I have to admit that I spend a rather high amount of cash on myself and hobbies.

Though now that I've bought all my 'to blog' electronics, things should be getting a bit more relaxed. Which only means that I'll end up using more money to buy figures. orz

I've been craving for mosburger for weeks now. ^^ the last one I had was in Singapore. ^^; btw nice nendroid headswapping. ^^

most of my money all spent on figures and gundams. but these few months i have been cutting down on my spending as i just bought myself a new gadget and armour.

I have NO idea how much I spend every month. But I do TRY to save a total of $50 every month from my savings -_-

Ur desktop...it's full of icons O.o

Danny's back with my weekly dose of "I want to live in Japan"... ^^'
Some classical pics on this collection... the bike sea, Suica pass machines and vending machines, which I just love!
I miss so much being able to buy hot green tea, coffee and other stuff from a handy machine like that...

Vending machines are still kinda rare in Brazil, and even when you find one, it's for cold soft drinks only.
When they became famous around the world, people did try to introduce them in Brazil, but I think it didn't work so well...

Loved nendo Mikuru-chan with the new clothing... fits her well. Haruhi is too cute with that frog suit.

Well, I already said I want that Pixie Hiyori... so there you go, one more time.

I'm curious about something... Danny, how many meetings you go per week? Maybe it's because of the Weekly updates, but sometimes it seems almost everyday you have meetings with figures and other companies...

Danm Danny, you already have Pixie Hiyori!? AAAARGH!!!. Well, to the question. In a month normally spend 100-300 euros(150-480 USD, I think), but only in me and my things. I also must pay stuffs like water and internet in the house, know I mean...

He already have her... What the...? Why is he so... Oh, never mind, Danny, jajaja, you are good guy, continue with your work... KILLING US BY PURE ENVY!!

Doh, you are not going to Comiket this summer? I thought maybe I get a chance to run into you but guess not >_<

Say, in that case, can I have your press pass lol ^^; Anyhow, the hell begins for me tomorrow starting at 4am(shudder)...

I dont dust my figures often enough... I'm a bad person....
US drama/TV..... I'd say Lost...but its been going downhill since the first 2 seasons. Gilmore Girls is always nice. Very much so Comfort TV lol, so much fast, witty talk lol. And lots of esseteric references. Love it. And I know its a movie, but if you haven't already, watch Cloverfield!!! It's soooooooooo awesome!!!
I spend literally ALL of what I earn, I'm crap at saving... its usually over £120, more if I've worked more.(Obviously lol)
I wish we had Hello Kitty handbags at McDee's..... but we do have funky can-shaped glass cups being given away with the large meals. I want..... at least 2 to bring with me to Uni. I almost always have nuggets. I like McNuggets. And even though I've been working there I haven't ballooned in size lol. You are on your feet the whole day I spose... so it works out ok...

I mostly spent it in food (for survival...haha) and accesories.

>> Lovely blue skies in Tokyo - but very hot -- I like this pic.

eh, you have to pay for bicycle parking.
About Chara Hobby, I might attend it on sunday, It depends how hard jetlag will strike...

besides Heroes, i watch all 3 CSI shows too.

"Trying to grow a Mikuru" was the cutest part XD

I don't really spend much money every month, since I save up and go on an all out shopping spree when I save enough money. And in those shopping sprees I usually spend about 3,500 pesos which is equal to 78.0205 USD, and that includes a Master Grade Gundam, some paint and art supplies, and if I find an interesting new version of the Asian or World map I tend to buy it..Asian maps are updated every now and then BTW. And maybe a game or two for the PS2 (don't ask, games are really cheap here in the Phil. XD)

And usually 50 pesos is already capable of giving you a decent meal, which is equivalent to 1 dollar

Spend on.... anything and everything per month? maybe 100-300 USD. I am glad you asked- this puts my spending needs into focus and I can analyze what my caps are- $50 for hobby stuff and $40 for food. Throw in the cost of gas and I am spending money! things should die down when I get back to school though, so I will be able to save more money rather than spend it.

today for my launch i've spend 8.50 euro. I've eat in a chinese restaurant in milan. The launch was: chinese ramen with vegetable soup, beef with chili souce and a bottle of water (50cc). Totally 8.50 euro, 1300-1400 yen c/a.
In that restaurant i was the only one that wasn't chinese, and i eat at a collective table with some chinese guy.
After i take a coffe and a tipical italian pastrie in a cake shop. This was 2 euro and 10 cent, but he didn't has the change so i pay only 2 euro

Mosquito incense. Does that really work? If so I sure could use some during these summer days. I hate those friggen mosquito's so bad.
Oh and a decent meal here around NYC you can get around for around 5-10 USD.

i spend around 300-400usd per month including figures, bills, travel, eating...
i've stopped buying figures cause ran out of space in my cabinet. I make it a point to dust my figures every week or two.

No one I know, recycles. I've even heard my friends say recycling costs too much to operate so it's not worth. The neighborhood recycling center is 5 minutes away by car but only open for a window of 1 hour per day to meet the demand, I think. It's the same timeslot, too. Maybe I should suggest to them a more flexible, yet calculable, scheduling. Occasionally, if we do end up with a hoard of plastics and a college campus is on the way somewhere, we will drop off a trunkfull.

Last week I drove 80km (50 mi) round-trip to donate/recycle some very old PCs, parts, and CRTs.

Avoiding recycling, we reuse bottles as planters for gardening or just trash it. Junk mail that comes in is used for grocery bag (trash can) lining. This is a normal for the American suburbian lifestyle.

Too much moe Mikuru! °∆°;

I clean a figure whenever I notice much dust; once a month? I see a feather duster on your desk. I haven't yet found a cooking brush that doesn't have bristles bound by (sharp) metal... Also, that looks like what I think it is, wedged under the glass :>

Another fun week in Tokyo...

You need to pay 100 yen if you leave your bike for more than an hour?! Why?!

...Hey wait! Who is the girl with the pink hair next to the Mikurus? I must have missed the article with her D: OR perhaps you're trying to sneak something in?

Good American drama to watch is Grey's Anatomy, Lost, 24, Prison Break, Bones, Boston Legal, etc?

I spend a ****-load on figures per month. My spending would probably go waaaay down if I had the hookup for free figures as well as I don't buy THAT much other stuff. Sometimes I buy clothes/jewelry/handbags/makeup and I buy at least 5 mangas a month...but it would a LOT less w/o figures at $60+ each ^^;; Hopefully if you ask this next year I can say a lesser amount because I am going to be better about preorders after this year which is a lot lol

Oh and I dust my figures when they look dirty to me and when I take photos of them.

Wow so much love for Mikuru, isn´t Haruhi getting jealous? oh yeah thx for reminding me To Love Ru manga 1 is out in Germany, it looks worth to read. Money huh, last month i bought anime DVD´s for about 200 Euros or sumthin´, and this month i have even more on my to buy list, but didn´t start to order...

haha o_o my hubs is the one who keeps tracks on his spendings (a bit obsessively even) :P me errr (twiddle thumbs) I use to have more time to sew for my dolls/sell the sewing and I put them into my "dolly fund" but these days due to lack of time to sew my doll fund has depleted to it's all time low =_=;;; I tend to spend on doll related stuff -- hand made sewing by friends online, fabrics, an occasional random toy of choice etc. When I go to work at my friend's shop once a week, I like to have a burger lol, otherwise weekdays I usually cook dinner and pack next day for lunch (for both me and hubs) ^^ Weekend we're more likely to eat out and sometimes hang out with friends or his siblings ^^

I've been seeing more and more public recycling bins in my area; last year they even started to place some around my school. We also get cash refunds for turning in bottles and cans.

I'm totally looking forward to Heroes too. :D Other than that and the Simpsons, I don't watch any TV though. Except the Olypmics. They're awesome.

I spend $305 on rent alone. The rest is typically spent on food and getting my stuff printed for class. (Curse you, full bleeds!) Sometimes I'll get used manga down at the used bookstore. Then again, I only just recently got into figures. . . I'm trying to keep it throttled, but who knows how much that'll change my spending habits.

Is it just me or are many of the events becoming smaller? Maybe it's me...

No real schedule when it comes to cleaning figures now. Well, they do get cleaned every two weeks if things are busy. I clean whenever I need to think and need a short distraction.

Outside of the normal household expenses most of my monthly spending goes into transportation. I eat as often as I can at home since eating out usually is no less than $15 to $20USD for me. I not big on Mickey D's here or when I'm in Japan, so that may contribute to my paying more for eating out. I do find that my wife and I spend less eating out when in Japan...

Anyhow, I probably spend from $10 to $50USD a month on hobbies. I buy magazines, CD's, new filter for a lens or such. Only once in a while is it a bigger purchase like a figure, a new lens, a couple of HDs or such. It's not about not having, but about justify the spending... Would try pennies if I had an iPod touch or iPhone. A few friend and colleagues like the app.

I looking forward to Pixie Hiyori... I know my wife will not be crazy about it, but...

Those are nice looking speakers. I'm thinking about getting a inexpensive receiver for the work area. I can connect my Macs to it as well as a satellite radio receiver. I received a paid account for Sirius with the new car and really enjoy satellite radio.

I live on about $650 considering thats all i get for disability. I spend the most on food. For fun things its only about 30 for online suscriptions.

once i start collecting figures... im scared what my monthly spending will turn out to be... -_-

After viewing all the pictures you took I want to go to Japan even more now!

Here we get some money for recycling, at the gym i work at i collect bottles and cans and usually pull in 50 bucks every two weeks with my collecting.

Definitely planning for a future trip to Japan!:D Can't wait to meet when we get there!:D Won't be for a little while yet though, much to learn first.:D I've been studying books, and your site, and things like that, so far. Any ideas for further Japanese education?

These are beautiful pictures! I especially love how you put the super cute Mikuru figures in everyday shots to make them extraordinary. Reading your informative and humorous posts is so relaxing. Thank you so much Danny! By the way, my favorite American TV show is "The Office"

i dust my figures on a one week basis , but still they get dusty when i dust them T_T .

Hey Danny, good job! i hope you fell better... but, why always MCdondadls? why not Burger King? i preffer more BK than MCD.
Oh, i most forgot... OMG! RINGO IS HOT!
CHEERS!!!

how often do you dust down your figures danny? i do it twice a week with mine.

Most of my money goes to my gadgets and figures. I don't spend that much on transportation and food really.

Not a drama but there's a pretty good 7-part mini-series airing on HBO right now in the US titled "Generation Kill". Check it out if you get a chance.

That's a pretty decent sized BLT compared to the last time you posted about eating one and it looked like a kid's sized sandwich.

Also, I got speakers like the ones you bought for 3,153 Yen for Free from the Tabacco Company "Kool" they sent it to me in the mail for absolutely no reason (I don't even smoke).

MOS Burger vs Freshness Burger? What you guys think?

I would have voted about 50-100 like a year ago but ever since getting mo figures well, its up to the 100-300 mark now xD

I don't typically spend much...only on special occasions like anime expo...

I realized 1000yen per meal is quite expensive. Average spent per meal when I was at Tokyo was around 450yen.

Speakers!
Not audiophile quality or anything but they'll do. :)

I'm poor I have to save money to buy video games, snacks, anime stuff thats it...

Thought i was the only one who likes to put figures on the sound system :)

Thanks for another Week in Tokyo post Danny, I was just eyeing up your homemade dinner, looks really nice! Are there any sites or books you could suggest for some home cooking Japanese meals?

I have two of those Hello Kitty bags from McDees one for my niece and one for myself, lol. I'll also be attending Chara Hobby later this month.

loved the weekly tokyo session u keep sharing with us danny..
as for me i don't spend money due to the fact that i still get allowance from my mom (weekly), and i need to save up money to buy anime goodies, been saving up for kosmos v.4 1/8 pvc by alter..mosquitoes in japan are very frequent danny? or only in the summer and spring?

usally in the city where I live there are a few elderly people who collect empty bottles and cans out of garbages. So my local arcade puts cans and bottles in a seperate bag even tho thats what everyone in the city should do.

if your bike gets impounded.. where would you pick it up?

As much as me and my wife love Heroes and Lost, we are both completely hooked on Dexter.

The amusement park I work at have recycling bins for bottles placed around the park. But as a sweeper I know that we just chuck everything into the same dumpsters.

My spending habit is similar to that of Maradame from Genshiken. I average around 150ish monthly on figures and gunpla stuff. I do plan my budget though, and to save up I usually skip out on meals where I'd have to spend money.

In California at least, most supermarket parking lots I've seen seems to have an automated or manned recycling booth that gives you a redeemable coupon for the adjoining supermarket. Most cities I've lived in have recycling bins and pickups for homes/buildings, but in the poorer towns I've lived in, not so much. Depends on the town's infrastructure/budget, I suppose.

I probably spend 4-500 a month. At least 300 for sure because that's my car payment >_<;. Sometimes I can hit up to $1000 a month if I buy stuff... namely Gundam models ^^;

That figure at the end looks so damn cute.. MUST HAVE!

hmm.. Drama.. if you like detective drama.. Life is a good show. but other than that, heroes and stargate.. don't watch much tv.. to busy.. some new shows.. Knight Rider looks interesting.. my own worst enemy, also interesting.. can't think of anything else!

To-Luv-Ru is up to Vol. 5 over here. Considering the Japanese version, the censorship is much lighter than expected :D

For American dramas, I recommend Battlestar Galactica. It's already in season 4 though so some catching up is in order ;P

Speaking of meals in my country, you can get a T-bone steak with mashed potato and gravy as a side dish for as low as the equivalent of 280 yen. Food here is relatively cheap, but the inflation rate has surged recently and it has been quite heavy for us.

Most of my money goes to:
1. Manga
2. Artbooks
3. DVD
4. Figures
5. Eat thingies

Wonder how rich I would have been if I didn't like anime/manga? T_T

Usually, spend way too much money. On way too many things. Just this after spend US$1K on all sorts of unnecessary stuff. :-( I'm powerless againest spending.

i spend nearly half of my salary sometimes in the month, for ps3 games, gunpla and star wars stuff..
and of course loan.

I'm on an average of 250€, but some months it goes all the way up to 700€... like the load of preorders I have for september (too many great figures being released in too little time, why do they release that many in September?)
As I'm still living in my parents' house, I have no loan or rent but I have the car expenses, my clothes, computer parts (hardware geek here).
But, it's true, I spend too much money in too many unnecessary things... now I'm saving money to move to Japan while I take JLPT levels and finish my degree in Computer Science (all of these working at a local IT Consulting Company).

My spendings go mostly on:

Prepainted Figures (PVC, Cold Cast, Resine)
Anime DVDs (stopped downloading fansubs a long time ago, I don't have time for that now).
Nintendo DS Games
Car, Tech, Anime Magazines and Manga (H and not H)
Gas for my car, food and clothes. Also cellphone.
Some computer parts (once every 3 or 4 months).

i'd say i spend around $50 on DVD's, videogames & movies

That picture of Wonfes building looks familiar to where I saw it first at.
It were at an Digimon episode or two.

Waw it's cool !

how much money I spend on myself per month and on what?

well...as I am a student and I depend solely on my parent
I only have my monthly allowance ...around RM500
most spent on commuting, food and prepaid phone cards
the extras I just spend on leisure stuff like movies, bowling, Starbucks, etc

Great!!!

Lovely Himori!

Tokyo is too hot. But, it has enough perks to overlook that, most of the time. I loved getting away to Nagano for the weekends...Too expensive now, methinks.

i wish to have a daugther too! when i ll come to Tokyo i may get one !!!