Originally Posted by
jib71
There are stories about exhorbitant prices in Tokyo that just won't go away - despite the reality that this city is quite reasonable by international standards...
You tell 'em, brother!
I do not think I have ever paid as much as 10,000 yen/night for a single or 12,000 for a double - usually much less - and I do NOT stay at backpacker hostels. At least not since passing 40.