Matinee

Last week I went to the movie theater here for the first time.  I went with a couple of friends to an afternoon showing of The Iron Lady.  In English, of course, with Japanese subtitles. There's not too much to report about the experience, it's about the same as seeing a movie in an American theater.  Only three things caught my attention: 1) you get an assigned seat number---randomly generated when you buy your ticket  2) you can't get butter on your popcorn---only salt, cheese or caramel and  3) they didn't have much candy at the concession stand---only KitKat, cookies and churritos.