The nexties who are FB friends have seen these, but here are some of the photos from our big Japan trip. It was a lot of fun! Especially walking around and eating snacks -- food in Japan is SO GOOD.
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It really is amazing how good the food is. Well, not all of it -- the coffee is mostly terrible, if you want rustic coarse-grained bread you are screwed, and "breakfast restaurants" don't really exist -- but almost all of it is great. Even the sandwiches you get at a convenience store are pretty good.
Japanese people spend less on housing and more on food than Americans. And, they eat fewer calories. So I guess a lot of that money goes to making the food taste good!