Another American restaurant chain coming to Japan

This one should be a HUGE hit:

http://www.japantoday.com/category/picture-of-the-day/view/girls-girls-girls

Christmas in Japan mean KFC

http://www.japantoday.com/category/entertainment/view/haruka-ayase-launches-kfc-christmas-campaign

Too much wine

And the prices they've paid seem excessive as well.

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20101020a4.html

Special rice for special Tigers

Hanshin Tigers

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20101019a5.html

Amazake

Sweet sake. Actually, briefly fermented sake, very low in alcohol. It's sometimes served hot as osettai (a free gift for visitors) at temples which, actually, is where I first had it. It's particularly nice with a little fresh grated ginger.

A little more sushi

It looks like a fancy cake, doesn't it? But it's cooked shrimp topped with avocado topped with shreds of raw squid topped with mayonnaise.

Sweet potato pie -- seriously!

Eggplant with miso sauce.