Ramen

This was the first restaurant we ate at in Tokyo. It's a ramen shop in the Ueno/Asakusa district. We walked through a few hundred alleys in search of a place to eat before we found it. Please ignore my windswept hair as it was raining that day. There was a small lobby to the restaurant where you ordered your food from a vending machine. By that I mean, the machine dispensed tickets with your order that gets handed to the waitstaff. Luckily, this one had pictures so I had an idea of what I was getting.

I wish they had such machines in the US. No more doing math to split bills or hoping you have enough money to pay for your food.