This is the fist meal John and I shared together in Japan. Good ole simple Ramen.
One of my first encounters with green tea happiness. This is a green tea frappe I think.
Again with the good ole simple ramen.
This is the table at a ramen place. Many many toppings to be added.
In this pic: rice with sea weed, raw egg (for meat), miso soup, bowl of beef with some veggies.
This is a typical old style Japanese Restaurant. We are sitting on the floor with our legs under the table. Theoretically, our legs should be crossed, but I cannot do that for the life of me.
Apparently Tokyo is famous for the Tokyo Bananas.Note to reader: They are not real bananas and are less healthy.
Kinda like a twinkie but with banana filling.
This here is a super-duper sized apple. It cost $5 and was almost worth it.
Here I am with a few of my friends at a sobe place (buckwheat noodles). See that stack of red bowls, each has soba in it. When eating a soba meal, it usually comes with dipping sauce like soy sauce.
This ramen shop is in what is known as "piss alley". The ramen at this place has tempora vegetables in the bowl.
In this picture is a bottle if green tea and some edemame flavored chips. Green iced tea in Japan is amazing. Unlike America, there is no sugar added, or at least very little.
A fantastic simple meal of sushi and sake.
Some friends enjoying some ramen.
For some reason, crusts of bread are hard to find in Japan. This is a crustless sandwich with the ends closed. Within the sandwich is sweet peanut butter. I never bought this type of sandwich again, but I found it important to show.
Moochi: Rice dough on the outside.. the green ones are green tea rice dough. On the inside: bean, perhaps red bean.
You may have heard of conveyor belts in Japan... it's real and and it's awesome.
Each item of food is on a colored plate. When you are finished, you hand in your plates, they are scanned, counted, and then you pay. 
In the middle of his picture is a big bowl of wasabi.
Below is where I eat sushi almost everyday for lunch.
This is a plastic version of what I eat most days.
In Kyoto I had a great ramen meal. They key: go to a place with a long line. I was not sure what I ordered, but I just pointed and prayed and it worked out great.
In Nagoya at the Sumo match... sake and beer.
After a long day in Nara, I ate lunch at 4pm and this is it. Egg and vegitables.
As you may be able to see, the meal is made in the kitchen and then put on the griddle table in front of the customers eyes.
Some beverage I enjoyed in Tokyo. If you look closely, you will see catnip in there. I am still not sure if that is Kosher.
Beautiful Sushi
When it comes to soft serve, typically in the US it is chocolate and vanilla. Not in Japan, it was green tea and vanilla.
In short, green tea items are huge in Japan and I loved them all. I wish the US had the same products as in Japan, but that's not how it works.Even after eating all this great food in Japan, I managed to drop some pounds. Unbelievable. From gaining 7 pounds while in Paris, neutralizing while in the US, and then losing 3 while in Japan, my weight fluctuated 10 pounds throughout the year... not bad. Although I am not a doctor, so what do I know.
Hope you enjoyed.
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