Starbucks in Japan

I had gone back to Japan in the middle of Februrary even thought the school was in session.
It was my long vacation combining Thanksgiving, Christmas and New year.

It has been one year since I came back to Japan January 2004. Nothing changed much, but one thing that I noticed was a number of Starbucks coffee shops.
They keep opening stores in a city like Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka, Fukuoka,...,but
there are few Starbucks in rural regions such as Shikoku island and Sanin region.
This makes people living in those regions think that having a coffee at a Starbucks indicates higher status of life. Well, I think Japan needs more Starbucks....

The picture here was taken at a Starbucks in Yokohama.
My breakfast was a tall coffee and ham and egg sandwich, which
this type of sandwiches cannot be seen at Starbucks in the U.S.
When I came to the US, I was confused that people call a cheese burger as a "sandwich".
That is because people in Japan call this bread and some ingredients like tomato in the picture a "sandwich".
There is usually no peanuts butter and no musterd, but slices of breads are very soft.
This sandwich is not only at Starbucks.

If you have a chance to visit to Japan, try this sandwich.



starbucks in Japan