Food!!

I noticed a theme in some of the photos of places I've been to recently:





Photos:

• Top left: buy your Ramen or Soba noodles in a can! This vending machine is at the train station in Akihabara.
  
• Top right: Right next to that same vending machine is a "Milk Stand", a convenience store for milk--and milk products--only. You can get cold milk, hot milk, apple milk, orange milk, "fruits" milk (whatever that means), strawberry milk, coffee with milk, milk enriched with iron...you get the idea. Japanese people have an affection for dairy that is sometimes inexplicable.
  
• Middle left: the Wendy's in Ginza sells "humbergers". Mmmmmm...sounds musical!
  
• Middle right: Mustard packet from a family dining restaurant. Notice that it goes well with "frank frutes." I hope that means it also goes well with sarcastic vegetables.
  
• Bottom left: Tokyo Midtown had a special "Sakura Cafe" (sakura = cherry blossom) set up on the lawn especially for the season. Nearly every item in the cafe had some kind of sakura theme: sakura ice cream, sakura wine coolers, sakura sandwiches, etc. My friend ordered a wine cooler and it came complete with an actual cherry blossom in the glass!
  
• Bottom right: No, you can't eat this poster. So I guess in that sense I'm drifting slightly from the theme. But this poster does tell you not to make food messes on the subway. Instead they just recommend that you "Please do it at home!" :)