Japanese food is awesome

I'm not ashamed to admit that one of my goals is to eat as much as possible on this trip. Any missed opportunity to try something uniquely Japanese will be a disappointment.

Accordingly, my first purchases in Japan are a bottle of Gokuri (a grapefruit drink that was the first Japanese drink I had last time I was here and a little Bento box from Narita Airport's Lawson (the ubiquitous Japanese convenience store).

The box contained some chicken and egg on Soya rice with pickles. I devoured it hungrily within minutes of boarding the Airport Express train to Tokyo. This kind of snack is available everywhere in Japan and is very affordable (less than 4$ Can). Not everything here is super expensive.

More importantly so much of what is on offer is presented in a playful manner. The bottled water I got came with a little toy car (collect them all while you're here). The Kit Kat bar I got was in the new Green Macha latte flavor. So much to eat so little time.