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From: dir@cbosgd.UUCP (Dean Radin)
Newsgroups: net.travel
Subject: Toyko
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Date: Thu, 29-Dec-83 14:32:51 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec 29 14:32:51 1983
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Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus
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I recently took a 10 day business trip to Toyko, with a
one day jaunt to Nikko.  I'd recommend Toyko as a very
interesting place to visit.  The downtown area goes on
for miles and miles; everyone I met was genuinely polite
and helpful; there was enough English around to get where
I wanted to go; and the food was very good (except for some
of the more exotic raw seafood).

Most items, however, especially restaurant food, were VERY
expensive.  If you tired of Japanese-style food, there 
was always Red Lobster (they had fresh Maine lobsters!),
Victoria Station, Baskin-Robbins, McDonalds, and so on.

Electronic devices, which I thought might be cheap, were not.  
Nearly everything I saw (with the exception perhaps of pearls) 
could be bought for less in a typical discount department store 
in the states.

Dean Radin - AT&T Bell Laboratories - Columbus - cbosgd!dir