While not Japanese, yakiniku is awesome.

Squid shredding

What an ingenious little machine.

Cooking Classes in Japan

The classes will be all in Japanese, of course.

Happy Lucky New Year

I got some good lucky bags this year. Everyone should have lucky bags at New Year.

Fall Fare

Food in Japan is really seasonal.

Turkish Ice Cream in Tokyo

The humiliation of customers in Japan never ends...

Happy Capybara

Capybara (カピバラさん) is a stuffed animal character that's popular in Japan.  The plushie is a popular prize in crane games.

For advertising, a game center decided to set a giant moving Capybara up in front of the shop.