Rice pizza, noodle ices: Food shows Japan's punk rock soul

In this frame from video, packets of instant noodles sit on display in the Cup Noodles Museum in Yokohama, Japan, Friday, Aug. 6, 2021. Ramen noodles originated in China and exemplify the creativity and openness to foreign influences of the host country of the 2020 Olympic Games (AP Photo/John Leicester)

A new dish developed by pizza chain Domino’s – which it calls the “Pizza Rice Bowl” – comes out of the oven in a Domino’s branch in Daiba, Tokyo, on Friday, Aug. 6, 2021. The dish was introduced from May, is sold only in Japan, and has traditional pizza ingredients on a base of white rice (AP Photo/John Leicester)

A Cup Noodle ice cream, made with the powdered soup of Cup Noodle and topped with freeze-fried shrimp, onions, egg and meat, is prepared to be eaten at the Cup Noodles Museum in Yokohama, Japan, on Friday, Aug. 6, 2021. Sold only at the Yokohama museum, the ice cream embodies a spirit of adventure in Japanese foods. (AP Photo/John Leicester)