To say the Japanese know how to present food would be a "tortology" (sorry, couldn't resist!)
Seibu department store, Ikebukuro. First floor. It's the size of a football stadium. And every imaginable Japanese edible delight, many meticulously prepared on the spot, so well packaged that it would be a crime to eat them. But since I am from a country founded as a penal colony, this ain't a problem.
It took me twenty minutes to walk around this nosh nirvana. Maybe the idea is that you walk off the calories before you consume them. Interestingly, there are few overweight Japanese people and I haven't seen one grande-sized person since I arrived here. Despite smaller portions, they seem to scoff down an equivalent amount to my American brethren, but don't seem to pack on the pounds the same way. Interesting.
Click on the pics for a larger version, but understand this is but a morsel of the banquet availabe at this store.
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