"I would like eggs and rice please" Keiji said with a polite smile to the innkeeper "And some water as well". It wouldn't do to get drunk so early in the morning. If he wanted to earn some more money before day's end, Keiji would do better at it sober. On top of that, water was free and ale was an inferior western swill in Keiji's eyes. The choice would have been a lot harder if it had been sake or water. Even with the price and the intoxication making it a bad choice, Keiji would have still found it very tempting to order sake with his breakfast.