I found a unique shape of collection machine for parking fares in downtown. Naturally, there are its counterparts everywhere in Japan, but its distinctive shape and the letter, "PHONE", caught my eyes. The sticker said "PAY BY PHONE". You can apparently pay the fare by calling the particular number that is displayed. It's a nice idea. It must save the effort of the fare collectors. Now, lots of people carry their own cell phones and I think that this system would be acceptable in Japan too. I was looking at this machine for at least 5 minutes and looking for the person who was about to pay by phone. Some people might suspect me of trying to steal coins from the machine. Anyway, I continued to take snapshots of something new to me. The owner of the restaurant in the second picture might be Japanese, but how about the shop in the third one?
The last dinner in Canada was at the nearest Chinese restaurant according to the advice of the concierge of the Hyatt Regency Hotel. The other pictures are the menu and the dishes. They were really nice and the attendants were polite. The price was a total of 220 dollars including tips, except for Shaoxing rice wine and a few bottles of beer.
(Vocabulary)
Chinese rice wine; Shaoxing rice wine 紹興酒
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