ASAKUSA Underground > How to sleep at McDonald's
If you want to save your money, you may sleep at McDonald's.
In Japan they have more and more Mac restaurants which are open 24hours a day / 7days a week. You can use them as a shelter.
For example, you order a cup of coffee, which is the cheapest in a Mac, and stay there from 9pm to 6am. It is not unusual and you can be fairly well-accepted unless you lie yourself on a bench and stretch your body while sleeping. If you do so, you might be challenging the manager's nerves.
A McDonald's is an ideal place to go to when a group of people spend a night chatting.
<Access>
Near JR Asakusa station, there are three McDonald's restaurants at the moment of writing, two of which are open 24hours.
# McDonald's restraunts open 24 hours in Asakusa
1) name of the branch Asakusa-ten (Asakusa-branch)
adress zip. 111-0032
1-33-3 Asakusa, Taito-ku, Tokyo
To find out the exact location, use diddlefinger.
The site is your best guide when you work in Tokyo or travel in Japan.
the nearest stations Asakusa station (Tobu)
Asakusa station (Tokyo Metro <Ginza-line>) exit G19
Asakusa station (Toei Chikatetsu <Asakusa-line> exit A18
business hours week days 24 hours
Saturdays 24 hours
holidays 24 hours
tel. 03-3843-4746 fax. 03-3843-4754
2) name of the branch Asakusa Rokkusu-ten (Asakusa Rokkusu-branch)
adress zip. 111-0032
1-24-1 Asakusa, Taito-ku, Tokyo
the nearest stations Asakusa station (Tsukuba Express)
Tawara-machi station (Tokyo Metro <Ginza-line> exit G18
Asakusa station (Tokyo Metro <Ginza-line> exit G19
business hours week days 24 hours
Saturdays 24 hours
holidays 24 hours
tel. 03-5806-9825 fax. 03-5806-4480
---------Travel Tips---------
Don't use Tokyo Metro and Toei Chikatetsu on the same trip. (Toei Chikatetsu means underground/subway owned and operated by Tokyo Metropolitan Government. These are quite misleading. Just remember there are two different underground/subway operators, unlike Paris, London, or NY) Since they are two different companies, it costs twice as much if you do so, even though you can travel only with either of them around Asakusa.
If you travel a longer distance, you cannot help it. Then be careful not to be carried into the area which does not belong to the same underground/subway corporation. Even when you are sitting in the same coach, once your train has entered another company's operational area, your fare jumps up.
Especially when you take Toei Asakusa line, you had better double your vigilance because the destination of a train is often either in Keisei or in Keihin-kyuko. Both of them are privately owned railway companies. A double fare!
<Menu for budget travellers>
An ideal menu is "100yen Mac" (hya-ku yen mac), which is a name for the list of the items you can buy for 100yen.
---Drinks---
- drink S (door-rin-ku e-su)
- Mac shake
- blend coffee (boo-ren-door koh-hee), which means American-style coffee, but a little stronger.
- tea select size S (e-su), with which you will get hot water and a tea bag. You can choose one out of an apple tea, a rose hip & hibiscus, and a Yellow Label.
----------Pronunciation Tips----------
"hot"
No matter how correctly you pronounce the word "hot," a Japanese Mac emplyee will not understand what you mean. Solution. You say "hot" and add "toe" immediately after that. He might laugh at you, but you will get what you have wanted.
---Foods---
-cheese burger (cheese bah-gah)
-Mac potato (mac paw-te-toe)
-hot apple pie (hot-toe up-pooh-loo pie)
-shaka shaka chicken (shack-car shack-car chick-kin).
This is one of the latest food gadgets in this country. The kitchen worker puts a piece of boneless fried chicken into a special papaer container. You choose your favorite seasoning among three (stated below) and sprinkle it over the chicken. Then you close your container and "shake it!" 'Shaka shaka' is a Japanese onomatopoeic expression for shaking. In Japan you may come across a lot of repetitive onomatopoeic words as in Indonesia, China, and southern Pacific islands.
----- "3 choices of seasonings -----
-hot chili (hot-toe chili)
-lemon pepper (lemon pep-par)
-cheese
----------Conversation Tips----------
No.1
- "_____ ku-da-sa-i." (Give me _____, please)
ex. "Han-bah-gah hitots kudasai." (Give me one hamburger, please)
cf. hitots (he-tots) = one ------(with your index finger sticking out)
futats (who-tats) = two ------(with your index and middle fingers sticking out like British "_u_k off")
#### You can buy almost everything if you know these two words and gestures. In case if you want more than three pieces of the same product, you would be recommanded to write the number on paper.
No.2
- Mac employee: "O-ki-te kudasai." (Wake up, please)
you: "Ne-te i-ma-sen. (I'm not sleeping.) Kan-ga-e-te-ru da-ke de-su. (I'm just thinking.)"
No.3
- Mac employee: "De-te i-ke!" (Get out!)
you: "Ya-da." (No, I don't want to.)
How to sleep at McDonald's
If you want to save your money, you may sleep at McDonald's.
In Japan they have more and more Mac restaurants which are open 24hours a day / 7days a week. You can use them as a shelter.
For example, you order a cup of coffee, which is the cheapest in a Mac, and stay there from 9pm to 6am. It is not unusual and you can be fairly well-accepted unless you lie yourself on a bench and stretch your body while sleeping. If you do so, you might be challenging the manager's nerves.
A McDonald's is an ideal place to go to when a group of people spend a night chatting.
<Access>
Near JR Asakusa station, there are three McDonald's restaurants at the moment of writing, two of which are open 24hours.
# McDonald's restraunts open 24 hours in Asakusa
1) name of the branch Asakusa-ten (Asakusa-branch)
adress zip. 111-0032
1-33-3 Asakusa, Taito-ku, Tokyo
To find out the exact location, use diddlefinger.
The site is your best guide when you work in Tokyo or travel in Japan.
the nearest stations Asakusa station (Tobu)
Asakusa station (Tokyo Metro <Ginza-line>) exit G19
Asakusa station (Toei Chikatetsu <Asakusa-line> exit A18
business hours week days 24 hours
Saturdays 24 hours
holidays 24 hours
tel. 03-3843-4746 fax. 03-3843-4754
2) name of the branch Asakusa Rokkusu-ten (Asakusa Rokkusu-branch)
adress zip. 111-0032
1-24-1 Asakusa, Taito-ku, Tokyo
the nearest stations Asakusa station (Tsukuba Express)
Tawara-machi station (Tokyo Metro <Ginza-line> exit G18
Asakusa station (Tokyo Metro <Ginza-line> exit G19
business hours week days 24 hours
Saturdays 24 hours
holidays 24 hours
tel. 03-5806-9825 fax. 03-5806-4480
---------Travel Tips---------
Don't use Tokyo Metro and Toei Chikatetsu on the same trip. (Toei Chikatetsu means underground/subway owned and operated by Tokyo Metropolitan Government. These are quite misleading. Just remember there are two different underground/subway operators, unlike Paris, London, or NY) Since they are two different companies, it costs twice as much if you do so, even though you can travel only with either of them around Asakusa.
If you travel a longer distance, you cannot help it. Then be careful not to be carried into the area which does not belong to the same underground/subway corporation. Even when you are sitting in the same coach, once your train has entered another company's operational area, your fare jumps up.
Especially when you take Toei Asakusa line, you had better double your vigilance because the destination of a train is often either in Keisei or in Keihin-kyuko. Both of them are privately owned railway companies. A double fare!
<Menu for budget travellers>
An ideal menu is "100yen Mac" (hya-ku yen mac), which is a name for the list of the items you can buy for 100yen.
---Drinks---
- drink S (door-rin-ku e-su)
- Mac shake
- blend coffee (boo-ren-door koh-hee), which means American-style coffee, but a little stronger.
- tea select size S (e-su), with which you will get hot water and a tea bag. You can choose one out of an apple tea, a rose hip & hibiscus, and a Yellow Label.
----------Pronunciation Tips----------
"hot"
No matter how correctly you pronounce the word "hot," a Japanese Mac emplyee will not understand what you mean. Solution. You say "hot" and add "toe" immediately after that. He might laugh at you, but you will get what you have wanted.
---Foods---
-cheese burger (cheese bah-gah)
-Mac potato (mac paw-te-toe)
-hot apple pie (hot-toe up-pooh-loo pie)
-shaka shaka chicken (shack-car shack-car chick-kin).
This is one of the latest food gadgets in this country. The kitchen worker puts a piece of boneless fried chicken into a special papaer container. You choose your favorite seasoning among three (stated below) and sprinkle it over the chicken. Then you close your container and "shake it!" 'Shaka shaka' is a Japanese onomatopoeic expression for shaking. In Japan you may come across a lot of repetitive onomatopoeic words as in Indonesia, China, and southern Pacific islands.
----- "3 choices of seasonings -----
-hot chili (hot-toe chili)
-lemon pepper (lemon pep-par)
-cheese
----------Conversation Tips----------
No.1
- "_____ ku-da-sa-i." (Give me _____, please)
ex. "Han-bah-gah hitots kudasai." (Give me one hamburger, please)
cf. hitots (he-tots) = one ------(with your index finger sticking out)
futats (who-tats) = two ------(with your index and middle fingers sticking out like British "_u_k off")
#### You can buy almost everything if you know these two words and gestures. In case if you want more than three pieces of the same product, you would be recommanded to write the number on paper.
No.2
- Mac employee: "O-ki-te kudasai." (Wake up, please)
you: "Ne-te i-ma-sen. (I'm not sleeping.) Kan-ga-e-te-ru da-ke de-su. (I'm just thinking.)"
No.3
- Mac employee: "De-te i-ke!" (Get out!)
you: "Ya-da." (No, I don't want to.)