Hi Kyle, welcome to the forum

I can give some information and advice, but was just curious how long you were planning on travelling to Japan? And what type of money would you be able to set by for it?

The 'man on the scene' from Japan Channel has done a Video on comming to Japan for a trip, it is very worth watching and informative, but I would offer some differing opinions in terms of accomodation (e.g I would suggest Hostels over Hotels)

To give a rough idea, for the bare essentials to stay in Japan (accomodation, 3 meals, travel and a few extras like tourist places) you will roughly be looking at average of 7,000 yen per day (depending on where you stay). So works out about 85-90 canadian dollars. But that includes hostel accomodation and also no shopping expenses or things like that. So I would save that much in mind and then save a bit more if you wanted to buy stuff ( which you will, trust me! )

As I said above, depending on where you stay the costs can differ per day. This mainly comes down to the accomodation. But if you mainly stick with hostels it cuts costs down. I did stay in traditional Japanese housing a few times but it costs more (definitely worth the expense for the experience) so you can plan those also.

If you plan on visiting many parts of Japan I can't recommend a J-Rail pass enough. It is a pass (which you get in your own country) that allows you unlimited use of any J-rail service within Japan, be it a Bullet Train(shinkansen),Trains, Buses, Ferries etc. You can get the passes in 1,2 or 3 week periods. The 3 weeks one will cost about 650 canadian dollars but it IS worth it. You have to activate it in Japan though when you arrive (Shinjuku if I am correct). The pass will allow you to make quick travels to many parts of Japan.

Getting here will be down to your own devices, since airlines operate differently in many countries so costs will differ to you than for me or anyone else in that regards.

I can't really provide much more info unless I knew how long you might be planning on travelling for. But if you take the 7,000 yen per day (make it 10,000 just for comfortness) & if you include your J-Rail pass, a 3 week trip would cost in or around 3,000 canadian dollars? (roughly). Then include your flights on top of that.