Archive for September, 2008
Izakaya
An izakaya is a casual Japanese drinking and eating establishment, similar to a bar which serves a wide variety of bite-sized food along with drinks. Izakaya`s are very popular and relatively cheap places for after work drinking.
Depending on the place, you may be sitting on chairs around a large table or kneeling on tatami mats, [...]
September 30, 2008 | | Comments 0
Cheap Alcohol!
Think back to your last 700ml bottle of spirits. How much did you pay? Probably quite a bit I should think. In Australia a bottle of Jim Beam fetches for around $30 and Wild Turkey about $40 - a fair chunk of the price coming from government tax.
The price in Japan for [...]
September 27, 2008 | | Comments 0