thanks guys 
illusion:
well, my visa bore the brunt of the matter.. also i got a lot of money for xmas when people found out i was going.
in general, i saved an EXTREME amount of money because of some circumstances. first of all i stayed with a friend the entire two weeks except the first night (met him when he was an exchange student here), so i paid zero rent. (one of the worst parts about japan is the hotel costs). also, his mom made food every breakfast/dinner. so i basically spent zero on food except for lunch (8 bucks a day, around that).
my plane ticket was around $650 U.S., ROUND TRIP.... even after taxes. theres a travel agency in the states called I.A.C.E. Travel (they are in canada also).. they buy tickets ahead of time so they sell them really fucking cheap.
so, really, most of the money i spent, was on clothes and other shit i bought... and my credit card did that 
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