Look for a Sento public Bath , they are much cheaper 450 ? Onsens are made for kind of Holiday and the average NihonJin stay there for 624 Hours . Sentos are a Jewel of the old Days and vanishing quickly . Tokyo Sento Association <| sep |> I ' ve done that . It makes it sound a lot better <| sep |> Had a very similar thing happen when my family went to Jakarta 20 years ago , we were pre warned , so my mum was prepared with a second bribe purse . Got to customs the lady gave my mum half the passports back and flat out said these are not right how much to makenthen right . My mum pulled out the bribe purse the lady leaned over the counter took all the cash instantly handed the passports back and told us all to have a nice day .