1000日圓還能買什麼？昭和VS令和的殘酷真相，日本錢包裡失落的三十年｜日圓与物價

The same 1,000-yen bill can mean two very different things. Tourists may feel Japan has become cheaper, but many Japanese people feel life has only become harder. In this episode, we start with the new 1,000-yen note featuring Katsushika Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa, and look at the yen’s collapse, Japan’s Showa bubble era, Reiwa-era prices, and the quiet pressure behind everyday life in Japan. In the 1980s, 1,000 yen could buy a cassette tape, a copy of POPEYE magazine, and two cans of Coca-Cola from a vending machine. It was not a lot of money, but it could open the door to an ordinary weekend. Today, 1,000 yen might only cover a beef bowl set, a public bath, or a few basic items from a convenience store. Tourists see a cheap exchange rate. Japanese people feel that money just does not go as far anymore. From City Pop, Shonan beaches, family restaurants, and Seven Stars cigarettes, to Garigari-kun apologizing to the entire country over a 10-yen price hike, these small everyday things became a thermometer for Japan’s lost decades. This is SinBiz. I’m Akudō. Small things, big eras.