Dude Japan sounds awesome. My wife and I have always wanted to go but it's so expensive that we have just never made it, I would really love to see Tokyo one day though. We both lived in Vancouver Canada for years too so we love sushi (lots of japanese restaurants in vancouver) but I'm with you on Urchin, it just grosses me out. We live in Barcelona now and the sushi here is stupid expensive and not good at all.
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but it's so expensive
You might wanna check again! Their economy has plummeted over the years, certainly compared to USA. It was quite shockingly cheap in many ways. The high class food and skiing were both significantly cheaper than here in Shanghai, for example, and we found a LOT of cheap hotels (although even expensive ones are TINY, that's just japan for ya).
but I'm with you on Urchin, it just grosses me out.
I genuinely don't get how my wifes face turns into angelic bliss for about 20 minutes after eating it. Granted, I never tried, and never will lol. But my opinion is still totally valid.
But yeah, check prices again! You might be pleasantly surprised (especially if you can fly offpeak season which will be the main cost I suppose)