Kintame - A Restaurant Featuring Kyoto-style Pickles in Tokyo

Kintame is located in Monzennakacho and serves up a wide variety of Kyoto-style pickles with grilled fish, rice and miso soup.

The Squid Saga

$1,000 Record Price for a Bunch of Grapes

Fruit in Japan is manicured and coddled before harvest to create perfect fruit bombs. The high end pieces of fruit are not purchased for noshing on at home, but for gifts.

While melons are known for their exorbitant prices, this week in Japan, a bunch of melons sold for 100,000 Japanese Yen (or about $1,000 USD). This price is about $25 per grape!

Forbes Magazine - Best Japanese food you can't get at home

An insight to some of the food summit attendees to Hokkaido may try while in Japan.