There were a lot of bits to that breakfast: it was there that I ate "flattered fish", if I remember rightly, and of course the natto. Mostly, though, the hotel breakfasts were the usual kind of buffet, and I tried to vary my selection, with steamed rice and miso soup being the only constants. Fish was usually at the centre of things. The only exception was the budget hotel I stay in in Asakusa, where the rice was supplemented simply by a rather drizzly pancake. Not the best, but not as bad as that makes it sound, either!