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Old Aug 23, 2013 | 10:13 am
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O Sora
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Originally Posted by wideman
When one asks for water at a casual restaurant (for drinking, not for tea-making), is there typically a choice between tap water and bottled water, or is it usually one or the other? If it's bottled water, are both sparkling (fizzy) and flat water usually available? I'd usually be interested in a birru, but that's not an option for me at the moment.
MY impression is ...

90% of the restaurants offer tapped water only.
8% have +still bottled water.
2% have +bubbled water.

Ask for green tea. In most of the cases, it's free.
I am often disapponted to see in SFO Tomokazu charge for green tea. That's not typical style here in Japan.
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