If you don't know what to order, point to the dish you want to try. Paperback guidebooks to inexpensive Japanese dishes are available at major bookstores. For people in a hurry, noodle stands, coffee shops, fastfood outlets and vending machines provide a variety of food and drink at very low cost. At most restaurants, you receive a bill and pay as you leave. A few have you buy a meal coupon in advance and hand it to the waiter or waitress.
Payment is made in cash except when credit cards are accepted.
Inexpensive restaurants, coffee shops and fast-food outlets accept cash only. No tipping, please. Dinner on a cruise ship during an evening bay cruise lets you see city lights from the water. Dinner-shows at deluxe hotels combine fine food and live entertainment for that one evening you may want to splurge. Convenience stores have sandwiches, box lunches and other cooked dishes you can take out.