Butter on Fried Cheese

You know you want to eat this.

Things I Eat

We ate this Yellowtail!

Oki Onigiri

This rice ball is stuffed with salmon and pickled vegetables. It is difficult to tell by the picture, but the thing is almost as big as my head. I saw this at a roadside service center on the way to Mt. Minue in Nara prefecture. I bought one to eat for lunch, but it was too large for my appetite.

Japanese word: 大きい　おにぎり

Japanese Children Playing with Syringes

The concenience stores in Japan sell chocolate in these syringe-shaped containers.

The wrapper reads みずあめピュ~!

Bait Vending Machine

Proof that Japan has vending machines for everything. I took this photo in Takayama, Japan.

Nintendo DS Game: Convenience Store Trainer

Check it out! A Japanese video game about the very thing you will do if you play too many video games.