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Japan on a million dollars

edited February 2010 in Everything Else
My daughter has a "Brewster's Millions" assignment for school and she chose to go with a trip to Japan.

We were able to spend a ton of money on a private jet and we found some expensive restaurants but we are running low on other ideas on how to spend the million while over there. Any suggestions? Keep in mind this is a fifth grade project.

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  • Shopping in Akihabara.
  • edited February 2010
    All on me Fuugu. Go to the best hotels. Top box at the Kabuki. Front row sumo season tickets.
    @WuB: If it's proper Brewsters Millions you have to spend all the money and have nothing to show for it at the end so, shopping's out.
    Post edited by Omnutia on
  • @WuB: If it's proper Brewsters Millions you have to spend all the money and have nothing to show for it at the end so, shopping's out.
    Didn't know that.
    Fuugu
    Also abalone, uni, and toro. Order VERY expensive sushi.
  • Oh, and Japan is the home of the crazy special edition something or other. Make sure you get some of those $5000 bottles of water, fill a bath or pool with them.
    And buy a firework display for a poor town.
  • Revive the patronage system by funding your favorite mangaka to draw whatever the hell they want.
  • edited February 2010
    That would technically count as either an asset belonging to you or giving your money away, which is also against the rules.

    Quick guide to Brewster's Millions:
    $30m to spend in one month (In this case $1m).
    You must have absolutely zero assets by the end of it, save for the shirt on your back.
    You must not give your money away.
    Receipts for everything.
    Edit: I think there's something about not being allowed to buy things and then destroy them.

    $30m from 1985 in today's money is $58m.
    Post edited by Omnutia on
  • It would still be awesome. If I had crazy money, I would patronize artists.
  • edited February 2010
    Oh, when you aren't in a plane, you're in a rickshaw pulled by robots; Being fed sushi by the best Geisha money can buy while a parade of performers.

    Also: While you're at it, run for government.
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  • edited February 2010
    Didn't know that.
    The Rules of the original Brewster's millions challenge are
    1)You must show sound sense and get the value for your money.
    2)Not a penny of the money must remain at the end of the period, not in cash, assets(visible or invisible) or Credit. You must end with nothing but literally the clothes on your back that you began with.
    3)No excessive donations to charity(As the goodwill and so on generated towards you would be counted as an invisible asset), Nor excessive gambling
    4)You may not give the money away in any form.
    5)You may not purchase something expensive purely with the intent to destroy it to create a loss, as this is not getting value for your money, however, if something is destroyed in the using of it - for example, fireworks(as I recall a fireworks display in the original novel which was no problem on the rules) - this is acceptable.
    6)You must account for every penny spent, so that you can not hide any funds, and to account that you have nothing.
    6)You MUST NOT tell ANYONE of the challenge. Not a soul outside of the judges of the challenge may know about it.

    Edit - I'm going by memory from the original book(rather than the Richard Pryor movie version Omnu quoted) so I might be slightly off, but the rough wording and all the rules are there. I go with the original rather than the movie because as omnu said
    $30m to spend in one month (In this case $1m).
    Which suggests to me that it's from the book, rather than the movie, as in the book he has a million that he must spend, rather than thirty, and the book's rules are slightly more restrictive, and somewhat more definite.
    Also, In the book, rather that attempting to turn Brewster into a thrifty individual, the uncle wants him to spend the million that he has just obtained from another will in the challenge - as his uncle hated the person whose will it was that gave Brewster his original million - so that he may receive his uncle's seven million dollar fortune, plus his uncle's assets.
    I'll go hunting through my copy of the book later tonight to give you the exact rules.
    Post edited by Churba on
  • Kobe beef is pretty pricey, a top of the range piece will be a few hundred bucks.
    If gambling is allowed, play some pachinko. As a bonus, afterwards you'll need some surgery to fix your hearing.
    Take taxis everywhere. They're pricey, and it'll add up quick. Take one taxi per person even.
    If the timing is right, front row tickets to a sumo tournament.
  • edited February 2010
    If the timing is right, front row tickets to a sumo tournament.
    Don't they have ridiculous luxury seats for corporate big wigs, where fine food and drink flow endlessly? Buy one for the night.
    Post edited by WindUpBird on
  • Fancy, expensive hair dresser. Fancy, expensive week at spa. Or would having a different/stylish haircut be an asset?
  • We already have Agawaga as a restaurant (Kobe Beef). The private jet came to about $350K (10 kids plus 2 adults NY to Tokyo and return).

    Another snag is that she has to print out things she finds online to account for the expenditures so we can't just make up prices at sushi bars for Fuugu, she has to actually find the restaurant that serves it and provide price information.

    for lodging we picked the Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Marunouchi. We found rooms in the 142,000 yen per night range there.
  • edited February 2010
    for lodging we picked the Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Marunouchi. We found rooms in the 142,000 yen per night range there.
    Don't bother me with this cheapskate trash. If you're not taking a night at the famous Imperial Hotel Tokyo's top suites, for the bargain price of around 1,050,000 yen, don't even talk to me. They also offer a car service, which is about $800 a trip, from memory, and they have the most lovely Rolls Royce limos available.

    And If you're going to eat Fugu, Might I recommend this lovely little place, Who have some of the best Fugu in japan, receiving two Michelin stars in 2009, and while there is a small cost attached, to the tune of 20,000 yen per meal, it is worth the price.
    Post edited by Churba on
  • Buy lots of Japan-exclusive electronic and fashion items which are unavailable in the rest of the world.
  • Buy lots of Japan-exclusive electronic and fashion items which are unavailable in the rest of the world.
    But those would count as assets and you can't destroy them or give them away. Read the complete thread for the rules.
  • Rent the fanciest yacht in the world, plus the crew's salaries, to sail between the different Japanese islands.
  • Damn, you can't have receipts for Hitmen.
  • Damn, you can't have receipts for Hitmen.
    "I'd like a receipt," = "Let the finger fly."

    Would a tattoo count as an asset? I guess it would, if you count it as a piece of art. If not, though, get a suit tattoo.
  • The problem with renting the expensive items is that no where can you find a price on the Internet. All of the real expensive shit requires a real intent to follow through on the purchase, they don't want to waste their time with kid school projects.
  • You could hire me as the worlds most un-escort like escort, for a mere $50 000 a day
  • edited February 2010
    Food! Oh my God, the food. You can find some amazing food for super expensive in Japan.
    Fancy, fancy onsen resorts. Hot Spring spa. Beppu, maybe?
    Gion district in Kyoto, have a bunch of maiko and geisha do traditional dances and play the shamisen in a private room at one of the really fancy restaurants. That's expensive.
    BUY A HANDMADE KIMONO IN KYOTO! A furisode, hand embroidered, by one of Japan's top designers.

    This is the opposite of all my Japan experiences. I was always trying to find cheap ways to do things. I ate okonomiyaki in Gion, rode the bus, etc.
    Post edited by gomidog on
  • BUY A HANDMADE KIMONO IN KYOTO! A furisode, hand embroidered, by one of Japan's top designers.
    How many thousands of dollars would this set me back?
  • BUY A HANDMADE KIMONO IN KYOTO! A furisode, hand embroidered, by one of Japan's top designers.
    How many thousands of dollars would this set me back?
    Go one step further and buy one covered in gold leaf. I know they exist because I saw one when I went to Kanazawa.
  • A good way to spend money on things that you can't keep is to pay the appearance fees of famous individuals.
  • So, How much would it be if I rented Hikaru Utada, M-Flo, FPM, Gackt, and Asian Kung Fu Generation to perform a concert at some big japanese stadium? Ticket proceeds going to Child's Play, of course.
  • So, How much would it be if I rented Hikaru Utada, M-Flo, FPM, Gackt, and Asian Kung Fu Generation to perform a concert at some big japanese stadium? Ticket proceeds going to Child's Play, of course.
    That would go over the contribution to charity limit.
  • So, How much would it be if I rented Hikaru Utada, M-Flo, FPM, Gackt, and Asian Kung Fu Generation to perform a concert at some big japanese stadium? Ticket proceeds going to FREE BEER, of course.
    That would go over the contribution to charity limit.
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