What's for Dinner?

The task of grocery shopping here is challenging and exciting! Things are not what they seem; they are either enourmously expensive or simply mysterious! Fruits and veggies are amoung the most highly priced items. Today I saw a honeydew melon apparently valued at 2000 yen, like 2o bucks! You must be careful what you buy, for many reasons.....

There is an enourmous amount of flashy seafood, many kinds of miso ( as you can see above), and ridiculously priced apples. Well, not to mention the apples in the close up shot here are about the size of my head! And everything, absolutley everything comes individually packaged and wrapped in plastic, and then wrapped again, and then put in a bag........ As a fascinated foodie, I thought you might find these photos interesting and amusing!

The other image is of the entrance to the busy part of Shimokitazawa's neighbourhood.