2026 Japan: Breakfasts

 (Author's note: I have made the executive decision to write on Japan before heading back to Cambodia, mostly because it is fresh on my mind).

Due to the change in venues from a single location for the bulk of our training to various locations in Tokyo with a home base in Shinagawa, meals are definitely different this year for training - worthy, I think, of some individual posts.

Breakfast at our new location is at the same place almost every day - partially because it is conveniently located in the hotel lobby, partially because the price (800 Yen, or $5.10) really just cannot be beat.

Reliably - every morning - one gets salad, two kinds of croissants, a protein source, and a scoop of potato salad with a slice of fruit or vegetable.  Also available are soup, coffee, yogurt (one per customer), hot tea, kale juice, a sort of orange juice, and a selection of smaller baked goods.

The greatest variety, interestingly, were in the protein sources and the potato salad.  Protein sources could include a small chicken nugget, a small cooked egg, and/or a meat (ham, tuna salad, small hot dog).

The potato salad was also variable.  It included "regular" potato salad, potato salad with corn, and potato salad with Japanese pumpkin (a sort of squash).

The smaller baked goods varied from day to day as well.  They included a chocolate croissant, a curry bear claw (not as odd as it sounds), a strawberry croissant, and a sort of yellow slightly sweet muffin.

And, of course, all the coffee you can drink.

A very delightful start to the morning and a very reasonable one.  I cannot imagine getting the same variety of meal anywhere in the United States at this price (and keep in mind we are in the greater Tokyo region, the most populated part of Japan).