A Good Thing: Convenience Stores

Japan has the most marvelous convenience stores! Their fast food is actually healthy. Here, you can get nearly anything you would find on a general menu at a Japanese restaurant back in the states!

Of course, the Japanese take our English, shorten it and mangle it a bit. The term the Japanese use is Combini. They are open 24/7 which is unusual in Japan. They are tiny but they pack a lot in. You can get hard liquor here too!

Here is one of my favorite-


Lots of school boys stop in to read magazines all evening. Girls to buy candy. I can' count how many times I've snuck away to buy karage (boneless fried chicken) when I've finally had too much wierd fish and tofu.