My last trip to Tokyo was pretty fun. I visited some old places and new places to round out my travels there. There is always more to see and places I had to skip just because of a lack of time. This post is about some of the fun little things I like about Tokyo in no real order.
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| I love the rice balls or onigiri you can get at the convenience stores. One or two of these and a drink makes for a nice snack you can throw in your backpack. 7-11 had some of the better salmon rice balls I had on this trip. |
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| Strawberries are amazing in Japan. They are so nicely packaged, have a great strawberry flavour, and sweet, but you do pay a premium. Still, I would say you need to try some for a dessert one night. |
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| Emergency rations. Nissin introduced canned instant ramen that stays good for at least 2 years as it is packed in airtight containers. About 700 or 800 yen at Tokyu Hands where I saw these cans. Each can has 2 servings of ramen with cups, spoons, seasonings. |
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| Kentucky Fried Chicken Potato Chips. These were pretty tasty chips, but definitely didn't taste like the KFC secret seasoning. |
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| Baumkuchen is crazy popular in Japan. These german sponge cakes are popular souvenirs too. Along with Tokyo Banana you find these shops in all the big train stations. |
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| The Pokemon Stores now sell limited edition Pikachus with different themes like pilot or salaryman, etc. It changes monthly. |
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| Cell phone cases that look like food!! I am torn between the bacon and egg or the rice box with umi. |
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| Deluxe beer with delux packaging. |
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| It was a nice dark beer and the coolest thing was that it had a peel off bottle cap. I've never seen that before and it was pretty cool. |
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| The refrigerated konbini meals are all very attractive and definitely would make for a nice picnic if you didn't want to eat in a restaurant, but there are so many good japanese fast food outlets (curry, ramen, beef bowl, sushi, tempura bowl) that I rarely eat these. The department store ones can be even fancier. |
