Eating in Tokyo Part II: Snacking

There is never enough to eat while you're in Japan. Here is a brief guide to good snacking stops in and outside of Tokyo.

In Kamakura, as in many other cities, you can always find freshly-made Japanese snacks like these rice cookies.

This one is dipped in shoyu (Japanese soya sauce) after it's fried.

Daniel: it smells much better than it tastes. (Japanese rice products aren't the tastiest stuff, so it depends on the way they prepare it. Some are really good, they come in sweet or savoury usually)

Everywhere you can find a Cold Stone Creamery, Japan's answer to custom-made ice cream on a cold stone (as opposed to hot stone). It's a really good idea, they mix in stuff like fruit or nuts or whatever in the ice-cream, on a ...yes, cold stone.

Here is our waffle and ice-cream, at Roppongi Hills.

You will also find this very popular snack (it has a similar concept to Krispy Kreme - another hot favourite, I don't understand why - except maybe not as completely exploding in caloeries as Krispy Kremes)

Beard Papas come in many flavours, but since we can't read Japanese, just pick one you think looks like what you would like and point.

Daniel: good dessert

In Shibuya, you can also get tons of food, here is an actual doner store. Attention: Turkish doner (kebab) in Japan is at least three times more expensive than in Germany.

Finally, if you are still feeling peckish, step into any convenience store (tons around) and pick up an ice-cream, Japanese style. They don't come bigger or better than this.