Thursday, June 7, 2007

Groceries, School, and the Cool Biz style



One of the ways to save money on food in Japan is to place a order and have it shipped and delivered to you. Today I was the only person home when the Groceries arrived. There was a guy that had a cart full of styrofoam coolers and he handed me bag after bag of food.

After that I headed to school and had class like usual and headed back home.

The picture of the Ferris Wheel says "Cool Biz" on the side in the lights. "Cool Biz" is a thing implemented by the Japanese government in 2005 to save energy. Origianally just for government jobs it spread to more companies. The Cool Biz encourages companies not to require a tie or suit coat all the time. With the workers dressing cooler, the companies were able to run their air conditioners at lower levels and reduce the amount of CO2 sent into the air and cut down on energy costs.

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