Saturday, September 13, 2008
WHY WE LOVE JAPAN
The food: what more can we say, you’ve read about where we’ve eaten. There is a fantastic array of food available, and it does not all have to be expensive. It’s great going to one of the little standing noodle bars and having cold soba noodles for breakfast for about $4.00.
The service: second to none. You get the same level of service in a seven eleven convenience store, as in a department store, as in a kaiseki restaurant. It is a real delight to have nice friendly service everywhere you go, although sometimes it is hard to know when to end the goodbyes and thank yous.
The efficiency: there are so many people in this city, but the trains always run on time (during peak hour there are 25 trains per hour….on each subway line) and you will always get on a train without a problem.
The cleanliness: there are so many vending machines and no rubbish bins, but there is literally no rubbish on the streets. Tokyo is amazingly clean.
Coffee BOSS: an addiction of Luke’s - cold coffee in a can from a vending machine.
MOS Burger: a Japanese burger joint, where their motto is “hamburger is my life”. And we’re sure the chant this every morning before they start work. The service is so polite, and they hand deliver to your table your cooked to order burger.
All these qualities are fantastic to experience if you are visiting to Japan, but the size and sprawl of Tokyo feels like you spend most of your time getting somewhere or moving from place to place, either in a subway or bus or walking endlessly – something which I think we couldn’t sustain for a long time.
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