If you want to taste typical Japanese food, I recommend you to stay at a neat simple hotel in Japan which offers morning buffet. The picture above is an example of dishes they would serve and it is almost the daily intake for a Japanese adult. (Not many people in Japan have such a 'big' meal especially for breakfast, I am a rare exception.)
You notice that there is no sushi, sashimi, tempura or some other 'Japanese food' you would think. This is because by typical, I mean 'daily and ordinary.' We do have sushi, sashimi or tempura for a dinner but not so often as you think we do. For breakfast in busy morning we have coffee (or black tea) and bread, more likely toast, only. Many of cafes in Japan provide 'morning set' service - if you order coffee they serve you toast (and sometimes with an boiled egg) for free or cheap extra.
Now you would have better ideas of why the Japanese diet is so healthy. I don't mean what you can get at your local Japanese restraints is unhealthy but a real Japanese diet is much healthier than you think.
Another aspect of typical daily Japanese food is its variety. Main dishes for dinner may be Chinese, Indian, French, Italian, German or other ethnic as well as Japanese traditional and even combinations of them and all in relatively small potions. Naturally it becomes a more balanced diet compered to having similar dishes everyday.
Now you know why a Japanese looks embarrassed when you ask him or her if having sushi everyday.
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