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Kanchou wrote:High sugar, yes... but the selection of vegetables here sucks. And they aren't affordable.
GomiGirl wrote:Kanchou wrote:High sugar, yes... but the selection of vegetables here sucks. And they aren't affordable.
I will have to disagree with you there. We eat mainly fresh fruits and veg in our house and we pay under ¥8,000 a week on all our groceries for our family.
The range is not huge granted - like it is hard to find fennel and rhubarb etc - but for the stock standard veg in season, it is fine. If you are looking out of season then yes it is hard to get some things. So stick to what is in season. At the moment corn on the cob is practically free as is zuchinni etc. In a few months kabocha will be next to nothing as it will come into season. Cabbage is cheap all year round which is why you see it padding out salads in combinis.
chokonen888 wrote:GomiGirl wrote:Kanchou wrote:High sugar, yes... but the selection of vegetables here sucks. And they aren't affordable.
I will have to disagree with you there. We eat mainly fresh fruits and veg in our house and we pay under ¥8,000 a week on all our groceries for our family.
The range is not huge granted - like it is hard to find fennel and rhubarb etc - but for the stock standard veg in season, it is fine. If you are looking out of season then yes it is hard to get some things. So stick to what is in season. At the moment corn on the cob is practically free as is zuchinni etc. In a few months kabocha will be next to nothing as it will come into season. Cabbage is cheap all year round which is why you see it padding out salads in combinis.
How much are veggies in AUS? Groceries for two in LA rarely got me over $200USD per month (lots of veggies, yogurt, meat, etc)
8,000 a week in Tokyo sounds about right but coming from LA, I'd consider it pretty expensive. (though it really depends on where you live...the markets near me are horribly overpriced but 2 stations over and there is a larger, cheaper market with a much better selection.
Samurai_Jerk wrote:chokonen888 wrote:GomiGirl wrote:Kanchou wrote:High sugar, yes... but the selection of vegetables here sucks. And they aren't affordable.
I will have to disagree with you there. We eat mainly fresh fruits and veg in our house and we pay under ¥8,000 a week on all our groceries for our family.
The range is not huge granted - like it is hard to find fennel and rhubarb etc - but for the stock standard veg in season, it is fine. If you are looking out of season then yes it is hard to get some things. So stick to what is in season. At the moment corn on the cob is practically free as is zuchinni etc. In a few months kabocha will be next to nothing as it will come into season. Cabbage is cheap all year round which is why you see it padding out salads in combinis.
How much are veggies in AUS? Groceries for two in LA rarely got me over $200USD per month (lots of veggies, yogurt, meat, etc)
8,000 a week in Tokyo sounds about right but coming from LA, I'd consider it pretty expensive. (though it really depends on where you live...the markets near me are horribly overpriced but 2 stations over and there is a larger, cheaper market with a much better selection.
Americans need to remember that the low price of groceries in the US is the exception not the rule.
Mike Oxlong wrote:
Screwed-down Hairdo wrote:Also interesting to see food is so cheap in Japan and South Korea, where both cuntries are really the only industrialized nations that have to import food to continue living. I would have thought it was much higher.
yanpa wrote:Screwed-down Hairdo wrote:Also interesting to see food is so cheap in Japan and South Korea, where both cuntries are really the only industrialized nations that have to import food to continue living. I would have thought it was much higher.
Eh? On that chart, Japan has the highest prices
Samurai_Jerk wrote:yanpa wrote:Screwed-down Hairdo wrote:Also interesting to see food is so cheap in Japan and South Korea, where both cuntries are really the only industrialized nations that have to import food to continue living. I would have thought it was much higher.
Eh? On that chart, Japan has the highest prices
That was priced in dollars in 2011.
Screwed-down Hairdo wrote:Samurai_Jerk wrote:yanpa wrote:Screwed-down Hairdo wrote:Also interesting to see food is so cheap in Japan and South Korea, where both cuntries are really the only industrialized nations that have to import food to continue living. I would have thought it was much higher.
Eh? On that chart, Japan has the highest prices
That was priced in dollars in 2011.
Nonetheless, it is expensive and more along the lines of what I'd thought (I had misread the chart and didn't notice the column until yanpa pointed it out).
Still, it's a rather small proportion for a net food importer (traditionally a marker of poverty).
I don't know what the fuck point I'm trying to make....
I guess statistics are meaningless, especially with the Confucian cuntries tending to polish them to look favorable.
Mike Oxlong wrote:Samurai_Jerk wrote:chokonen888 wrote:GomiGirl wrote:Kanchou wrote:High sugar, yes... but the selection of vegetables here sucks. And they aren't affordable.
I will have to disagree with you there. We eat mainly fresh fruits and veg in our house and we pay under ¥8,000 a week on all our groceries for our family.
The range is not huge granted - like it is hard to find fennel and rhubarb etc - but for the stock standard veg in season, it is fine. If you are looking out of season then yes it is hard to get some things. So stick to what is in season. At the moment corn on the cob is practically free as is zuchinni etc. In a few months kabocha will be next to nothing as it will come into season. Cabbage is cheap all year round which is why you see it padding out salads in combinis.
How much are veggies in AUS? Groceries for two in LA rarely got me over $200USD per month (lots of veggies, yogurt, meat, etc)
8,000 a week in Tokyo sounds about right but coming from LA, I'd consider it pretty expensive. (though it really depends on where you live...the markets near me are horribly overpriced but 2 stations over and there is a larger, cheaper market with a much better selection.
Americans need to remember that the low price of groceries in the US is the exception not the rule.
Yep.
chokonen888 wrote:FYI, I went to Costco yesterday and literally got 2.5X the raspberries for the same price as Costco Japan raspberries. (same brand and everything)
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