I'll be there - for those that don't read Kanji
here's a link to a map
http://www.ceruleantower-hotel.com/en/map/

AndyM

Well so far nothing...there's always hope...I suppose.

It'd be nice to have something come my way!

The important thing to note about The Economist list is that it is comparing places that are expensive to live as an ex-pat, not as an ordinary person.
Housing in Japan is not expensive, depends where you want to live, qualitatively it is poor with only a 30-50 year life. Land is available for development but it is subject to manipulation to keep the prices high. Japan is not a small country, despite what many Japanese say, they just want to live in Tokyo or other large cities not the countryside where life can be decidedly inconvenient.

Really that is a bit of non-news as Apple are launching the iPhone in Asia during 2008 presumably that includes Japan and Korea where the phone systems use versions of CDMA not GSM as in the US. So a 3G iPhone is inevitable.

Wow! Martha that's quick!
Glad to see that you in the US are starting to have a more balanced view of Japanese food. That's a good article about calories in sushi.
Many people outside Japan (where I live) seem to think that ALL Japanese food is healthy etc.! Don't know why, maybe back in immediate post war times it was, simply because of shortages etc. but now!?!
For me Japanese food generally is sweet, sugar or sweetening is added to many foods, along with salt, so not exactly low calorie and also a fair amount of hidden fats/oils.

While sushi can be healthy, especially when compared with typical US foods that doesn't mean it is inherently healthy. It usually contains sugar and salt at least (in the rice), then the shoyu (soy sauce) is often high in salt. Is that healthy?
On what basis is sushi healthy?

Same as au
http://www.au.kddi.com/english/product/lineup/w52t/index.html also I think it's available from NTT DoCoMo.
The carriers handset line ups seem to be getting more and more the same.

AndyM

I'm not surprised finding 1500 yen lunches were easy, just go to any moderate to cheap hotel with a restaurant. Many company workers (salarymen/OLs) eat for 500 yen to 1000 yen, also pretty easy. I think all this rubbish about Japan being expensive is perception. If you want to replicate your lifestyle 'back home' wherever that may be, then it's going to cost as it isn't (largely) a Japanese lifestyle. Coming from the UK (a long time ago) I have found Japan to be less expensive (tax being a major difference 5% sales tax against 17.5% in the UK).
As for dinner it totally depends on what you want and where you are, if budget is your priority just go to the ubiquitous Denny's, Jonathons, Gusto etc. where you'll probably spend less than 2000 yen per person, or if you want sushi etc. go to one of the chain sushi places. I've yet to be able to eat more than 1000 yens worth of sushi, that's about 10-16 pieces of sushi!
Well that's my little rant over..sorry to all those who already know this.
AndyM

Most people are gong to call Apple's phone the iPhone no matter what the outcome is, it is firmly in people's minds Apple iMac, iPod now iPhone. I suppose they could use MacPhone or PowerPhone.