So I went out for a big night in Tokyo. Ikebukuro, to be exact. And where do my friends tell me to meet them? TGI Fridays. I came all the way from America to meet them in a TGI Friday's and order a corona.

Then I got the bill and nearly had a heart attack. The corona cost 798 yen! In my head, I roughly calculated it to be a TEN DOLLAR BEER! Indeed, with the current exchange rate the cost of the corona, alone, was $10.25.

The five Heinekins? $51.25 in US dollars.

Needless to say, I don't plan on going to TGI Friday's in Tokyo anymore. Nor do I particularly want to order coronas.