Stereotypes about food in foreign countries: Japan

Kunii Hiroyuki in response to the survey results:

What else are typical (or widely consumed) in Japan?I did not expect 'honey and lemon' would come up, but otherwise, we Japanese enjoy most of the foods and drinks nominated for Japan quite a lot to my mind.

Foods: Tempura, Grilled Eel, Okonomiyaki (looks like pancake or pizza), Curry & Rice (Japanized), Nabe (any kinds of one-pot dishes including Sukiyaki and Shabu Shabu), Tonkatsu (pork cutlet), XXX-don (e.g. Gyu-don, Ten-don, Oyako-don, Katsu-don, etc: a bowl of rice topped with XXX), Foods made of soy beans (e.g. Tofu, Natto, Miso, Yuba, etc) and seaweed (e.g. Nori, Wakame, Kombu, etc)

Drinks: As popular as Sake are Shochu (spirits distilled from fermented rice, potatoes, wheat or the like), Beer (domestically produced by and large) and Wine (mostly imported)I wonder whether 'teriyaki chicken' nominated for India and 'yakimeshi' for China have its origin in Japan. At least they sound like Japanese... Anyway, many Japanese dishes are cooked outside Japan. For example, sushi nowadays is not just a traditional Japanese cuisine; customized sushis have been invented overseas. They are different, but either tastes good! In fact, reverse-imported California roll is getting popular in Japan. Likewise, when cooking at home currently, I am more than satisfied with local ingredients cooked with some Japanese seasonings; haricot vert et sésame en France will make a good Japanese starter with only soy sauce and sugar!

Now, look at others in the opposite way. Curry, ramen (noodle with its origin in China) and beer are very, very common in Japan. They were propagated to Japan in late 19th century and have long been tailored to the Japanese climate and taste. Japanese curry, originally imported via UK, is typically similar to Western stew. Ramen has local varieties in different regions all over Japan. Japanese beer producers add rice as ingredients.

Would you enjoy such 'Japanese' foods? I believe most of you will do. However, I am not sure whether you could overlook those who slurp spaghetti as if it were Japanese noodle... Your generosity would be appreciated.

Let us enjoy with some creativity and tolerance.