Even the convenience stores are selling food far better than anything you’ll find in the bottom of that paper bag. Go try a fluffy egg sando or any number of the onigiris available at the holy trinity of 7-Eleven, Family Mart and Lawson, and you’ll learn to hate these dunk, splat and wrap tourists as much as I do.
To waste both precious calories and one of your very few meals abroad on the same garbage you can eat back at home should constitute a criminal offence. It should give you a black mark against your passport and limit your international travel options to places such as Bali, Mallorca and Phuket.
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The smell these tourists left behind was indicative of a greater problem that I had witnessed all over the country. Ignited by a weak currency and fuelled by social media flames, Japan has become the destination du jour. Everyone is going there and a good percentage of those travellers leave their brains at home. I saw too many terrible tourists on this trip, and while this couple on the wrong train were far from the worst, they did leave me with a bad taste that I couldn’t get rid of.
You see, I’ve always believed that the best way to experience a culture is through your stomach. Opening your mouth is the quickest way to open your heart and it’s a lot easier to connect with a culture when you’re eating their food. I also believe that you are what you eat and if you come to Japan and eat at McDonald’s, all you’re ever going to be is a clown.
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