No. 4: Nagoya, Japan
Rank in 2009: 3FOOD: Lunch at a restaurant: $19
Can of beer from grocer: $3.08
One kg of rice: $9.14
One dozen eggs: $3.33
ENTERTAINMENT: Movie ticket: $20
APPLIANCES: Washing machine: $621
Japan’s fourth most populous city, Nagoya is also among the country’s most expensive. The city ranks No. 1 for the cost of rice: $9.14 per kilogram, according to ECA International data. As Japan’s auto hub, the Nagoya area is an important center of business: about 44 percent of automobiles produced in Japan are made here, according to the Greater Nagoya Initiative Center. Such companies as Toyota, Honda, Suzuki, Mitsubishi, Volkswagen, and General Motors have headquarters, manufacturing operations, or distribution points in the Nagoya region
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