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Old 09-12-2007, 11:17 AM
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Default Re: Dining out around the world....
Just shows how the exchange rate can beat you to death.

I can remember in the '60s when the Japanese Yen to US Dollar exchange rate was Y360=$1. In 1972 when Okiawa reverted from US to Japanese control the rate was Y308=$1. Today the rate is Y112=$1. So, the prices often haven't changed that much in the native currency, but factor in the exchange rate and WOW!