The Golden Arches
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| From McDonald's |
One of the LiHD families asked us to take pictures of a McDonald's in China - including things that were on the menu. Unfortunately, we weren't able to complete this assignment in China. Panasonic took us to some really nice restaurants and we only saw McDonald's from our bus window.
However, we did see McDonald's in Japan. In fact, our taste buds were longing for American food by the time we arrived there. Unfortunately, we had committed to a boycott of McDonald's about a month ago(not because we don't like their food but because we disagree with some of their corporate agenda). Of course, that didn't keep us from going inside and making some pictures.
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| From McDonald's |
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| From McDonald's |
Much as we wanted to eat there, because of the boycott we opted instead for the Japanese version of fast food - Hotto Motto.
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| From McDonald's |
They didn't have an English menu, but they did have these pictures to look at:
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| From McDonald's |
In fact, we found that very typical in Japan. They nearly always had pictures on their menu and very often had actual bowls of food to look at in the window. This was very helpful to foreigners. I wish I could say that the pork curry I ended up with was wonderful, but I did find myself wishing for a Big Mac, especially since it was only the equivalent of $2:
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| From McDonald's |
The last morning we were in Japan, Terry said we could forget about the boycott for just once and eat breakfast at the McDonald's that was around the corner from our hotel.
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| From McDonald's |
Here's the breakfast menu:
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| From McDonald's |
The kids had hot cakes,
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| From McDonald's |
and they never tasted so good. Terry and I had McGriddles - yum!
The Golden Pavilion
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| From Golden Pavilion |
I wanted to post some more pictures about interesting things we saw at the Golden Pavilion in Kyoto. We had hoped to learn a lot about Japanese and Chinese culture and beliefs on this trip. One thing that we saw were a lot of superstitions (or what we would call superstitions here - I'm not sure if this is part of actual Buddhist teaching or not). Anyway, there were all sorts of charms for sale at the temple. Some just struck us as a bit humorous. Remember that when something looks like it costs 400 yen, that's equivalent to about $4.00.
For success in study (wonder what the difference is between the $3 option and the $4 option?)-
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| From Golden Pavilion |
To pass an examination (in case you don't think the one above will help?) -
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| From Golden Pavilion |
For making your dreams come true -
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| From Golden Pavilion |
For good health -
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| From Golden Pavilion |
For traffic safety -
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| From Golden Pavilion |
This fortune was sold vending-machine style:
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| From Golden Pavilion |
After you purchased the fortune (see above picture), this is where you put them (assuming it wasn't excellent, pretty good, very good or good, which I must only assume is bad):
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| From Golden Pavilion |
And no, I didn't buy one, I was just sort of staring in amazement.
And lastly (and unrelated), here is one of many pictures that Rebecca took of the beautiful children we saw on our trip:
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| From Golden Pavilion |
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