food in Japan: a photo series
Fun fact about me: I love Japan. If I actually knew Japanese, I think I would probably want to live there after college. But alas, it was not meant to be. But that hasn’t stopped me from begging my parents to visit every summer. And of course, while I was in Japan, I took a ton of photos. And naturally a lot of them involved food. I took special notice of all the plastic food in restaurant fronts, as that’s really not something you see here in NYC. Another thing I found especially fascinating was what grocery stores offered in terms of prepared food, as at least for me, the only prepared food in grocery stores that I can think of are deli meats and rotisserie chickens. Anyways, here the results of my extensive “research.” ;)
Various pastries at a train station in Kanazawa. Why do Japanese train stations have such good pastries? Penn station, take note please.
Paul Bocuse bakery in the basement of a department store near Tokyo station. Also note the incredibly low prices for extraordinarily delicious looking pastries!
A spread in a random grocery store we found in Ginza while waiting for our dinner place to open. I wish my local Key Food looked like this.
Plastic food in a restaurant front in Kanazawa train station. I think those are hamburgers? I still can’t get used to eating a hamburger patty without a bun though.
A department store basement near Tokyo station. I’m kinda intrigued by the idea of a fluffy camembert cheesecake. Those two ideas don’t really seem mutual to me. But hey, maybe I’m wrong.
Kanazawa train station bento boxes. Personally I would to petition for Amtrak to bring these to America. If I saw these I would definitely take trains more often.
Plastic food in a Kanazawa department store. Don’t these chirashi bowls look super appetizing? I think so.
Bentos in a Ginza grocery store.
Noodles of all sorts in a Ginza grocery store. Note the spaghetti and the soba dipping noodles right next to each other.
Plastic food in a Kanazawa department store.
Tokyo restaurant front.
Kanazawa train station bentos-I believe they’re called ekiben? I’m not completely sure.
Sushi in a Ginza grocery store. This certainly isn’t your average American grocery store sushi.
Sushi in a Ginza grocery store. Can we all just take a moment to appreciate just how good that fish looks!
Various fried objects in a Ginza grocery store. Yes, I was also surprised that I found this in Japan not America. But everything still looks super crispy though. Very impressed.
