That tuna that comes from a bag at the store and is labeled "tuna" is not tuna. Subway tuna sandwiches not having tuna is about the least surprising thing to me ever. I still eat it, but having real tuna from the ocean put the question of "is this tuna" safely to rest for me.
Everything is proportionally smaller in Japan, including fast food. American portion sizes are seen as ridiculously oversized. There's also mandatory yearly checkups paid for by companies and if you are overweight, they will scold you and you can get in trouble at work for it, which is bad when you plan to stay at the same company your entire life, so it tends to keep people healthy and thin.
Japanese people are far more perturbed by perceived American loudness, brashness, ignorance and lack of intelligence than their eating habits.
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There are ways to indulge though. Buffets are pretty rare, but yakiniku is a great way to get a lot of calories, and some Japanese people eat a frankly unhealthy amount of rice. My personal favourite fat food is this platter from GoGo Curry which costs under $10. Plus you can always just buy two servings if you want.
Then every now and again they will just throw out some massive food item as a gimmick, like the burger above, or the massive McDonalds fries they do sometimes. Or the Giga big mac. You can also double the meat on any Mcdonalds Burger for $1 after 5pm, so a Double cheeseburger has 4 patties etc.
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It's not hard for a fast food loving fatty like me though to chow down regularly.
I found fast food and junk food was generally pretty cheap for what you get in japan, especially all the small shops where you sit elbow to elbow. And if it was small portions, you can always order MORE. Sit down restaurants were fairly pricey and not worth it. They love fried food there, so you can find all sorts of fried shit everywhere, and it's all great new flavors you aren't used to over here. Desserts all suck though.
Isn't that partially because Japan's population is actually starting to decline like a lot of other first world countries like Germany and they're looking to get MORE immigration rather than some countries like the US and France.
You can teach English in Japan and all around Southeast Asia as an American pretty easily. Plenty of my loser friends from Oregon did this (some are still doing it!). They taught in Vietnam, Spain, Japan, etc.
