No matter which country we are traveling in, sampling the local cuisine is one of our favorite things to do.  This was taken to a whole new level in Japan.  We knew that we loved Japanese food from back home, but I think we were a bit unprepared for the vast variety of different culinary options that were available to us.  And it seemed like each meal was better than the previous!  We could have easily spent our entire 1-year budget on three weeks of food in Japan but we set up some guidelines to help us avoid going broke.  Basically we tried to eat at convenience stores for breakfast.  This is a popular thing to do and we were able to get some nice pastries, sushi, rice balls stuffed with fish, and other pre-packaged items for relatively cheap prices.  Then we tried to eat at moderately priced (but still delicious) ramen, or udon shops for lunch or dinner.  Then we sprinkled a few fancy dinners and Izakaya binges in the mix.  In this post, we wanted to highlight some of the more interesting and/or delicious items that we found.