Feb 9

I’d Rather Be…In Japan: Faking it in Hachiman

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Sean Sakamoto is a JET alum currently embedded in Gifu Prefecture.  The following is a post from his blog “I’d Rather Be…In Japan“.

Godzilla never looked so good. One of the joys of living in a foreign country is that I don’t take things for granted that everyone around me sees as normal. In this case, I’m talking about plastic food. Everywhere in Japan, restaurants put replicas of their dishes in the windows of their restaurants.

The first time I saw this, I thought it was hilarious. Then I was glad, because I could not actually read the menu. For me the fake food samples are really helpful. But what about Japanese people? Do the samples help you choose your dinner?

As it happens, I now live in the birthplace of the fake food replica. Gujo Hachiman is where the phony baloney, ramen, and even

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