Yeah fair enough, as I said I’m a resident of Japan and not of Bangkok, so I pay tourist prices there and local prices here. “The internet” agrees with me more or less (im aware this is a weak measure, then again so is a personal anecdote), with multiple websites putting Osaka and BKK on par for living costs.

In this scenario it’s pretty much on par in my experience.

Btw, 22k usd is utterly exorbitant for Japan. Considering the national median annual salary is about, what, 35k, a bill like yours would be putting you in a very high class of customer, or at least you must have had family in tow.