On 2006-12-16 13:58:10 -0800, "John W." <worthj1970@yahoo.com> said:

> Dave Fossett wrote:
>> Apparently Burger King will return to Japan with the opening of the first
>> branch in Tokyo next summer. This time, it will be managed by Lotte (of all
>> people), with 100 branches due to open in the next five years.
>> Lotte is also behind the arrival of Krispy Kreme doughnuts in Tokyo.
>> 
> Well hopefully they'll stick with it this time. The only time I ever
> went to one was in Kamakura, and like any fast food place it was packed
> to the gills. Maybe Lotte has a better grasp on how things work in
> Japan. It's easily the best fast food burger around for the money;
> beats McD's any day, though in the US the chain is having a lot of
> problems as well.

Provided passers-by don't consider the hamburger evil incarnate or a 
suicidal diet or whatever:  Of the many burger and quazi-burger joints 
that are home grown enterprises in Japan, are any particularly good?  
Or better: does anybody here like one or other of them. On our recent 
trip we were always passing a chain called Freshness Burger and came 
within a whisker of eating there once when we spied what looked like a 
great small restaurant next door.
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Thank you and have a nice day.