Other than sushi and hibachi (typically what we see in America), does anyone have some good Japanese cuisine ideas? or recipes?

I love yakisoba! There are alot of different recipe combinations, but it's basically fried noodles with whatever you want to throw in.

>>1
For restaurants, it all matters where you are. Major metropolitan areas will generally have a good selection, and all over the west coast you'll find hidden gems of good Japanese food. Although beware, there are many restaurants that pose as Japanese but are in fact run by garlic-eating Koreans (I keed, some of them are OK).

Try (not in any particular order):
+Bento
+Real Ramen (not fucking instant maruchan shit)
+Shabu Shabu (hot pot, lots of other asian cuisine feature sizzling or hot pot styles; Vietnamese and Mongolian are fantastic)
+Tonkatsu, teriyaki
+Nabeyaki (noodly stew/soup type dish, delicious!)
+Yakisoba (as >>2 mentioned, also delicious)
+Donburi (rice bowl entree)
+Curry

At home there are tons of instant products, and some of them aren't half bad. Or for good food just google up some shit, you lazy ass.

Honesty though, if you find a restaurant with good Karbi Beef you win. That shit is > all nip food.

Whale is good. I just had some today for lunch!

I tried sushi, but it didn't have much taste, I was disappointed... Is it because it was some low-quality packed on-the-go thing or does it taste boring in general?

If you think japanese food is boring, you should go for Thai instead. =3

>>3
There are real Mongolian restaurants? I've only ever seen do-it-yourself chow mein "Mongolian BBQ" places.

>>5
As a sushi fan myself, I'd guess it was probably low quality, although most sushi isn't exactly going to blow your head off with its flavor.
Do you remember which kind of rolls you tried?

>>5
sushi is the best stuff ever. try to go to a better sushi place, and try everything :) if you still didnt like it in the end... thats too bad for you :(

takoyaki is good
okonomiyaki is good
oyako-don
unagi-don
tempura
but the real deal is a big pot of boiling sukiyaki XD and eat them with our friends

>>7
I forgot what they are called, I don't think it was something on >>8's list, but I'm not sure. I'll eat it at a better place sometime.

I just came home from a Chinese restaurant, which had sushi too for some reason, and I can say it tasted a lot better than the packed one. Maybe I'm slowly reaching the pinnacle of sushi...

>>10
Oh, it was packaged sushi you tried first? That explains it. The rice used in sushi does not refrigerate well, it dries out and becomes icky after a day or two.
It's rare you'll find decent sushi in a supermarket, unless it's an Oriental one (usually meaning it's made fresh daily.)

In anime, they always seem to be eating some type of bean bread, or sweet roll, or something alongs those lines, that they really enjoy. Where can I can that stuff?

Japanese bread shop, or in the case of where I live, a Chinese bread shop which happens to make many breads which would normally be considered Japanese.