Japanese pizza is notorious for its...
umm... inventiveness. Do you snicker when the cow orker
in the neighboring cubicle orders aspagarus pizza with
anchovies? Hop on board a flight to Japan and bring them a
souvenir they won't soon forget!
The best place to sample authentic (or perhaps "original" would be
a better word)
Japanese pizza in Tokyo is the restaurant chain Shakey's Pizza,
which offers an all-you-can-eat buffet at lunchtime for a ludicrously
low 600 yen. (One particularly convinient branch is on Omote-Sando,
very close to the Oriental Bazaar.) To give an idea of some of the
fine fare on offer,
the following is a little list of actual pizza toppings I have
sampled there:
...and last but by no means least, my personal favorite...
I have also heard whispered tales of the following:
A tip of the hat for this last list goes to
http://www.erdoboy.com/pizza/pizzaDS.htm, which even has
pictures of some of these -- in combination. How about a tasty
Potato Humberg pizza with ground beef, potato and meat sauce;
the oddly named Strawberry Mix with cod roe, squid and
asparagus, or perhaps the simple elegance of the Kimchi Bacon
pizza with kimchi, bacon, leek and double cheese?