Japanese food is Oishii!

A light breakfast at a cafe.  They like hotdogs here (top of plate)

A platter of sushi for 498 yen ($4.98)?! Not bad.  The price gets marked down even more late at night as things are no longer fresh.


I LOVE the Indian food here.  All of this came out to just 800 yen ($8.00).  The naun is stretchy and delicious.

Just a random seafood risotto I came across.  Not exactly Japanese food but damn good.

This is where Japanese is expensive: fruit.  No, your eyes are not playing tricks on you.  Peaches often cost about 500 yen ($5.00) each.  There are slightly cheaper ones out there but not by much.

Delicious Thai curry near where I work. 

Chicken marinated and cooked to perfection.  Nice presentation too!

This is an assortment of sashimi served over rice (salmon, salmon eggs, etc).  I bought this literally around the corner from my apartment.  Delicious and only about 800 yen ($8.00) for a big bowl!

Taiwanese lunch set in the building where I work.  Only 800 yen!
Lots of traditional Japanese meals come in these elaborate trays with different compartments.  The main component here is oyakodon (on the far left) which is basically chicken and egg served  over rice.  Okaykodon translates to "mother and child".  Can you tell why?  On the right is cold soba noodles and then on top is an assortment of veggies.

This is unagi (eel) braised in soy sauce and then served over rice.  Very tasty and popular in summer.
Many people, including myself before I went to Japan, thought Japanese food was basically just sushi and ramen.  Oh how wrong that is.  Not only do the Japanese have a variety of food they serve, but they also do other nations' cuisines really well also! Another cool thing about Japan is you can get pretty damn good food for relatively cheap!  The irony is that raw food in grocery stores is pretty expensive so cooking suddenly doesn't seem so appealing anymore and you eat out a lot.  Or get pre-made food in grocery stores.  I've posted some pictures below to give you a better idea of what I'm talking!

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