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Display Food - These
artistic creations were present at the entrance of most restaurants. Although
the purpose of these appetizing looking plastic replicas was to attract the
Japanese public, they are actually a great help to tourists who do not speak the
language. Often, we simply pointed to what we wanted! |
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A box lunch at a Maretsu
(shopping market) is an inexpensive meal consisting of several different items
and is a staple of Japanese fast food. Box lunches can be purchased in
many locations including convenience stores, subways and street
vendors.
This box lunch costs 581 yen
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These cookies are called
Saku Saku Panda
which
means "Crispy Panda". Very tasty! |
Japan has a lot of fun, tasty
snacks in colorful boxes. This was one of our favorites. Saku Saku Panda are
delicious cookies filled with sweet chocolate and suprisingly addictive! We
ate boxes and boxes!
Special thanks to Arianne for
sharing her box and Yo kuribayashi for translating the Japanese name to
English. |
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An underground restaurant in Harajuku. We had wonderful tempura (a fried battered
dish), dumplings, fried chicken, egg fried rice and tea. Later we found out that
this was actually a Chinese restaurant! Total bill: 3376 yen
($24.29)
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Among all the tasty Japanese food
is many old American favorites like McDonalds, Wendy's, Subway, KFC, Shakeys Pizza and Burger
King.
The burger ad you see on the right
is for a Peppercorn and Potato Sauce Cheeseburger. I had to try it. It
was delicious!
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A Japanese cookie sensation,
Pocky is a popular snack food available in all the convenience stores.
Pocky consists of a light cookie stick covered with a flavored candy
coating.
Pocky comes in many different
flavors. |