~115 Yen to the US Dollar. It was 105 when I was
there in 1996. It's
been better recently, it was worse formerly. I _think_ the US dollar
hit a low of 87 Yen or so around the time you are thinking of.
It was about 250 yen to the dollar 20 years ago, when I bought my Epson
RC20 (Z80 based wrist computer)
If you insist on avoiding the local cuisine, ANY place is too expensive.
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Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com