One of the only affordable "fast food" places in Japan is McDonalds. Those golden arches can be seen worldwide. Oh course, some of the menu items are a little different, we usually pass on the fried-egg teriyaki burger and order a plain burger for about a US $1.20. It's filling and cheap, especially for those hungry teenage mouths in the backseat. For the same price you can get a small chocolate shake; our favorite drive-through treat when on the road.
This McDonald's is temptingly situated along our 30-45 minute drive home from church. Sitting in the McDonald's parking lot I snapped this picture below. In the midst of our few minutes of American utopia, nibbling our fries and sipping our shakes, we were jolted back to the sobering reality of why we live in Japan.
