If you ever decide you want to up and move to Japan, or are just looking for a way to make money in this Asian country I would say open a pizza place.
Think about it for a minute, how much does a pizza actually cost to make if you were to make it yourself?
Back home in the states if you were to order a pizza from one of the main pizza places you like Dominoes or Pizza Hut you could still get a good deal. Right now Pizza-hut has the get it "any way you want it deal" for $10. Meaning: any size, any toppings on pan, hand-tossed, or thin n' crispy crust with delivery or take-out for only $10.
Sound like a deal?
Here if you wanted a pizza your going to have to reach a little deeper in your pockets. And, if you are used to peperoni or sausage you might have to look hard to find something similar.
For example one of the pizzas on the menu at a local pizza place is: the seafood pizza. Sounds simple enough, right? Well, that simple sounding pizza would cost you 3,570 yen for a large or 2415 yen for a medium (with the exchange rate it is roughly $36 or $25) - for one pizza. That's not a buy one get one deal, or a special where you get 17 liters of soda with your purchase, that's for one pizza.
Other choices on the menu include:
Hawaiian Delight (tomato sauce)
Tunamayo (choice of tomato or curry based sauce)
Cream cheese and smoke fresh ham Italiana (tomato sauce)
Pepperoni garlic mozzarella (no sauce specified)
Anchovy seafood basil (no sauce specified)
Cheese and honey (no sauce specified)
Teriyaki chicken (mayonnaise sauce)
Monterey (choice of curry sauce, tomato sauce, or meat sauce)
Spicy sausage (salsa sauce)
Not a good deal at all if you ask me, but last year there was a pizza place a few doors down from where we stayed and the scooters that delivered the pizzas were going well into the night (snow, tropical storm, rain or shine). It seemed like the never stopped going, so, aside from the seemingly high prices the business must have been doing well.
Think about it for a minute, how much does a pizza actually cost to make if you were to make it yourself?
Back home in the states if you were to order a pizza from one of the main pizza places you like Dominoes or Pizza Hut you could still get a good deal. Right now Pizza-hut has the get it "any way you want it deal" for $10. Meaning: any size, any toppings on pan, hand-tossed, or thin n' crispy crust with delivery or take-out for only $10.
Sound like a deal?
Here if you wanted a pizza your going to have to reach a little deeper in your pockets. And, if you are used to peperoni or sausage you might have to look hard to find something similar.
For example one of the pizzas on the menu at a local pizza place is: the seafood pizza. Sounds simple enough, right? Well, that simple sounding pizza would cost you 3,570 yen for a large or 2415 yen for a medium (with the exchange rate it is roughly $36 or $25) - for one pizza. That's not a buy one get one deal, or a special where you get 17 liters of soda with your purchase, that's for one pizza.
Other choices on the menu include:
Hawaiian Delight (tomato sauce)
Tunamayo (choice of tomato or curry based sauce)
Cream cheese and smoke fresh ham Italiana (tomato sauce)
Pepperoni garlic mozzarella (no sauce specified)
Anchovy seafood basil (no sauce specified)
Cheese and honey (no sauce specified)
Teriyaki chicken (mayonnaise sauce)
Monterey (choice of curry sauce, tomato sauce, or meat sauce)
Spicy sausage (salsa sauce)
Not a good deal at all if you ask me, but last year there was a pizza place a few doors down from where we stayed and the scooters that delivered the pizzas were going well into the night (snow, tropical storm, rain or shine). It seemed like the never stopped going, so, aside from the seemingly high prices the business must have been doing well.
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