tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6723937561506139096.post2577380724284198577..comments2023-12-20T08:18:00.872+10:00Comments on kae's bloodnut blog: Queensland State Election IIkaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05819693069445947851noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6723937561506139096.post-60786923252394402942009-03-04T13:10:00.000+10:002009-03-04T13:10:00.000+10:00Agreed Mehaul. It's nearly thirty years since I la...Agreed Mehaul. It's nearly thirty years since I last visited Japan, but there was always a large range of the prices that you could pay for refreshment. Very cheap if you got it out of a vending machine or very expensive if it was handed to you in a fine porcelain cup by a kneeling Geisha. There was plenty of choice between those two extremes.<BR/>We could never afford to eat in the hotels where we stayed, but could always find something affordable within a block of the hotel. <BR/>Impoverished newbies should avoid the Ginza, or any bars where you are led into them by a Japanese gentleman in a suit.Skeeterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15372213190811407871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6723937561506139096.post-86000397406581941632009-03-04T09:34:00.000+10:002009-03-04T09:34:00.000+10:00They guy in Japan and his $28 cups of coffee must ...They guy in Japan and his $28 cups of coffee must have bought blind. I was there last year and contrary to the views that Japan is expensive, we found it very much the opposite. Unless things have changed dramatically I can't imagine his story being reflective of the bigger picture. In Kyoto at a smart coffee shop the Madam and I had a western breakfast with unlimited coffee for around $A9 per head. Mehaul.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com