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 > Also can anyone recommend any good but affordable Ryokan in
 > Osaka,Kyoto,Nara and Tokyo?

In Tokyo you should stay at Kimi Ryokan in Ikebukero.  STAY AWAY from
Okubo House; while it's only Y2000 a night (or was) it's filthy and
crowded and the owner sprays disinfectant on you just after lights out
(I kid you not).  Kimi, OTOH, is (or was) Y5000 a night, and you get a
nice, clean, air-conditioned room.  I don't have any address or phone
number, but the koban (police box) on the west side of Ikebukero station
has (or had) directions for it (a flier, as I recall).  This information
is 2 years old, but should still be fairly accurate.

  --Luis