I went downtown on Friday to meet a friend. We had lunch together at a restaurant in a new department store next to Sendai Station. I had pasta with a salad for 980 yen (about US$10, a little expensive, but not too much) and then for 105 yen (about US$1) more I got the 'drink service'. My friend and I both ordered coffee and discovered that the one buck gave us a bottomless cup. I have not seen prices like that in a long, long time.
The pasta, by the way, was so-so, and the coffee was strong and at least as good as I expected.
About Me
- Charles
- Nakagawa-machi, Chikush-gun, Fukuoka-ken, Japan
- I have lived in Japan since 1976 and now consider it to be my permanent home. I have a very varied background having studied engineering, Japanese and East Asian studies, and education at the university level. I spent ten years in the Army where my job involved Area Studies, mostly in East Asia. When I started to teach in Japan, it was at a post high school level and, after I completed a PhD in education, I moved to a university where I become a full professor. After retiring, I taught part-time but am now completely retired and spend my enjoying myself. I am reasonably fluent in Japanese and at present all of my friends are elderly Japanese.
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