To illustrate what a crazy world we live in, my next post is about the cost of sushi.

I paid for sushi for three at a "kaiten" aka conveyor belt sushi restaurant, Kappa Sushi. It's not all you can eat, but I always stuff my face as though it were. In addition to being able to grab whatever you want off the belt, you can special order anything, and a small toy train rushes the plate to your table.

I went to town: tuna; shrimp; crab; corn; sukiyaki; fried shrimp. Oh my god, the fried shrimp is to die for, still hot when it gets to you! When was the last time you ordered something fried that came hot n fresh?

After about ten plates, I was stuffed. What did it cost? Two thousand yen, aka $26. I'm talking fourteen plates of sushi here, three people fed. In America you would spend that much on a roll or two. So to recap, TIL in Japan, pizza = expensive, sushi = cheap.

So I'm in Tokyo, just hanging out with a friend, and I get hungry and think, "Why not order a pizza?"

We hit up the Dominoes website of all places. Yes, Dominoes. I always feel bad when I 'waste' my time in Tokyo on Western businesses. But fear not, because the pizzas are way different, and we wound up buying a "Cheese Melt Bolognese" pizza. With a side of chicken drumsticks. Remember that in Japan there's no tipping, and delivery costs are included. But still, we're talking about one large pizza with a side.

Say it with me, "That pizza's worth WHAT?!"

4,670 yen! In today's dollars = $60.75! Good god man, Tokyo is going to put me in the poor house. First beer, now pizza. How in the hell can food be so expensive?

I know food is expensive because Japan is an island and imports from the mainland, but let's not forget the Federal Reserve devaluing our currency against foreign markets via inflation.