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I don’t see why it would be bad to get more water to drink

• taeric 2y ago
  I didn't mean to imply it was. My point was that everything is smaller.
• zahlman 2y ago
  There's actually something of a stereotype that Japanese places will give you unreasonably small portions of water with meals. (Dogen plays off this in some of his videos.) But then, I think it's only been Americans I heard this from, so.
  • taeric 2y ago
    Ha! I hadn't heard of this before, so it caught me completely off guard. The coffee was the one that really surprised me. Order a coffee and get a 6-8oz cup. With nothing on the menu to indicate you can get a 12-16oz. Was surprising. (Not bad, mind. Just surprising.)
  • dfxm12 2y ago
    In both my trips to Japan (one recent, one 20yrs ago), I never noticed this, and I think I drink a lot of water in general, and especially as a tourist because I'm doing much more walking.
  • kjkjadksj 2y ago
    The free water cup in a lot of places in the US is like a 6oz slosh now.