>$1500 isnt going to pay for many nights in a hotel either. You're right: $1500 will only get you a few nights at an American hotel chain like Hilton here in J

>$1500 isnt going to pay for many nights in a hotel either. You're right: $1500 will only get you a few nights at an American hotel chain like Hilton here in Japan ($400/night at Hilton Tokyo). If you use local hotels, you could spend a month here for that much money, but Americans can't stay at non-American hotels, just like they can't go anywhere on public transit and need to rent a huge SUV to drive everywhere. It's extremely expensive for Americans to travel internationally, because they simply can't live and travel like the locals, and need to do everything like they're back in America.