If there's something Japanese do well, it's food preparation. I suppose this shouldn't be much of a surprise, considering Sushi, which is ALL about preparing fish, comes from Japan.
Gifts are pre-wrapped meticulously and beautifully. Restaurants place place plastic appetize-inducing relicas of their menus out in display windows. And food always looks good.
Anyway, this art goes far beyond food. In fact, it permeates into most of the culture. Appearance is very important in Japan. I remember getting served tea in Japan and a few drops of lemon were added not to enhance the flavor of the ugly-colored brown tea, but to change it to a beautiful shade of deep pink.
This permeates into things such as fashion, floral arrangement and electronic goods as well, as people generally don't buy defective goods. But this is especially evident in food. When you see individual apples wrapped in foam to prevent damage, you know they take presentation seriously.
As a result of this attention to detail, not only do things taste good (most fruits and veggies are organically grown in Japan) but it looks great too!
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