Originally Posted by
kapooncha
$50 a day? Where are you staying in Kyoto late March that is under $50?
I agree London is astronomical. But Tokyo can be expensive while San Fran and London are astronomical.
I personally wouldn’t stay in Kyoto in late March.
Here’s a pragmatic trip report of when I went to Osaka and Nara at a time I was convalescing after being unable to move for over a year. I had very little money back then. The report concentrates on the transport and hotels.
AF Web@ward. LHR-CDG-NGO in AF & JAL J&Y. My budget trip
If I had gone to Kyoto, I would have booked somewhere like the guest house Uronza. I see it now costs more than it used to, but still affordable at 4,000yen a night.