Eat your big meal at lunch: same restaurant, a third of the price

Many restaurants do lunch sets for ¥1,200–1,800 that would cost about ¥3,500 at dinner.

Type

Hack

Category

Food

Place

Japan-wide

Saving

¥3,500 dinner vs ¥1,200–1,800 lunch

For

tourist, nomad

Posted

Jul 7, 2026

Last checked

Oct 21, 2026

Source

@JapanTripCalc ↗

What the sources say

Samurai Tours also advises making lunch your main meal (lunch sets much cheaper). Exact ratio is the author's.

確認済 Confirmed. The original author plus at least one other independent source back it.

Also confirmed by

• samuraitours.com ↗

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