Here's a recommendation if you're looking for a gift to bring home to friends and family... Tokyo Banana They come in posh packaging, but essentially they're slightly gooey sponge cakes shaped like little bananas with, er, a banana taste... they taste gorgeous and make great presents in that slightly kooky Japanese way! You can pick them up in most major train stations - just look for the banana
Grape Stone, the manufacturer of Tokyo Banana, explains why they chose banana. “Because Tokyo is a city where people at different ages who have different occupations and native places are mingled; therefore, we had wanted to use a food which anyone is familiar with. And then, we came up with ‘banana.’