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Japan on a million dollars
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.
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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@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.
And buy a firework display for a poor town.
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.
Also: While you're at it, run for government.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.