Japanese food that is overwhelmingly awesome

Unfortunately, Japanese food in the US has been stereotyped as "Oh, you mean a Teriyaki Bowl."  Yet there is so much more, most of which isn't seen unless you go to a Japanese supermarket. 

Okonomiyaki- Sort of a lunch or dinner pancake.  Varieties include beef, shrimp, vegetables, etc.  Sadly, I've never seen a US restaurant serve this.
Sukiyaki- Almost like flat plate fondue.  Cooked beef, vegetables, mushrooms, clear sukiyaki noodles.  You can eat the stuff over rice or dip in raw egg with soy sauce- just make sure you have non-salmonella kind.
Mochi- A chewy rice cake wrapped in seaweed and dipped in soysauce.

Meh, we Americans eat too much as it is. The Japanese, like many other countries eat to enjoy the taste and texture and to gather and be social. Though the social part is also true for many Americans, so few of us really eat our food conciously and really learn to focus on the flavors and textures, not to mention the fact that most of our food is the most unhealthy, ungodly shit on the planet. We just have different eating habits as Americans, I'll bet if you switched to an only Japanese food diet for a while you might change your mind.