... and you won't have any money left for treats.Two weeks ago I ran across these pumpkins for sale in Shinjuku. The top shelf (with the current exchange rate) would leave you forking over $30.50 per pumpkin.
Times like these remind me of good old 2004 when $1 equalled 122 yen. Now you ask? One buckaroo is worth an all time low of 81 yen! I try not to think about it.
Japan has actually been very conscious of the high yen since it kills the competitiveness of their export industry. I notice at a lot of larger chain stores there are efforts being made to "fight the high yen" by offering discounts etc. But why offer discounts when you can sell pumpkins for 30 bucks?
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