Convenience Stores

While there are some things that I wish were different about Japan (more trash cans in public places, yet somehow things stay pretty clean), the convenience stores here are way better than anything I've seen in the US. Whenever you need something, there's never too much of a walk required to find a convenience store close by. Second, they've got great food! Yesterday before this Strauss waltz concert, I was pretty hungry and had about half an hour to kill. Armed with the modest 1000-yen per diem money they'd given us for dinner, I thought about how great it would be to enjoy a small bowl of soup. Sure enough, I only had to walk one block to find a convenience store, where I got this perfect little bowl of soup (with vegetables and gyoza) for only 270 yen.



The vegetables were very fresh, and it smelled and tasted great! Try finding real food in an American 7-11...