I tell of my day-to-day experiences in a funky Japanese town from my American viewpoint. This blog could also be called 'Bizarro World', 'Notes From Kyushu, a Smaller Island', or 'Teaching English in Japan: Smash Your Ego in 10 Easy Lessons."

Sunday, January 14, 2007

A trip down aisle 1

Ah, the Japanese grocery store. Here, we can see Japanese mushrooms(enoki, eringi, bunashimeji) and okra, tofu, and different kinds of soy sauce. How many kinds of soy sauce can you see? How many kinds does your market carry? Did you notice the prices: the mushrooms and okra are 100yen(just under $1), the tofu is 38yen(about 35cents), and the soy sauce varies from about 198yen-1550yen(about $2-$15)!


3 comments:

DoneCheap DoneRight PC said...

This so funny because Chalice and I just went to the Chinatown Food Market here in Kansas City about a week ago. I may have questions for you pretty soon because we are planning on going back soon and i need some ideas on what to get because I can't read most of the labels...

You'll help won't you? I know you will because you are sooooo sweet.

Later jet...

jetblossom said...

That's great, blu! I'll stop in soon to visit.

Send pics of your mystery-food questions, and/or I can give recommendations!

DoneCheap DoneRight PC said...

You betcha, next time we go I'll take some snapshots with my phone and send em' to ya...