Americans go grocery shopping in Japan! (First impressions of Japanese supermarket AVE)
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- čas přidán 22. 08. 2024
- Watch as we explore the different food sections at Ave in Yokosuka (Kanagawa prefecture). Not only do you get an idea of how much food costs, but you get to see some common foods. Hint: Every says produce in Japan is expensive...we have different feelings!!
We love grocery shopping in different countries! Living in Japan and having to is no different! There is something about getting to walk the isles of the store and see what local shoppers are placing in their carts. For us, we love trying new foods and discovering the different products, preferences, and availability around the world!
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Tanner, Risa, Willa + Noa
Lot of plastic is because of the humidity which can damage fresh foods much faster than most of areas in us
For same reason cookies or crackers are packaged one by one to keep crispy
We noticed that even after a short time open, the crackers get soft!
Oh really!!! Goodness what bull is this!!!! I guess Donald Trump told you that.
@@berndgaal7689
It does make a point.
You mentioned plastic.
2:40 For example, this mushroom company (yukiguni maitake) trays are 100% recycled trays.
As I have seen in other comments, there are many differences between Europe and Japan, climate and so on, and paper would increase food loss.
As you can see in the video, we don't use them for anything we don't need, and some items are sold as they are.
Each country is trying to reduce the amount of waste in different ways, but the ingredients used, the climate, and other conditions are different, and the systems for recycling, etc., are also different.
Some supermarkets collect trays, milk cartons, and other recyclable items at the entrance.
Many foreigners, especially Europeans, do not understand how easily food spoils in the Japanese climate. You may think Japan is over-packaged, but even vegetables in the refrigerator can go bad in three days, except in the dead of winter. Europeans would surely be surprised to hear that even potatoes go bad quickly if they are not kept in the refrigerator from May to October. Much of the plastic packaging that wraps vegetables in supermarkets absorbs the ethylene gas produced by the vegetables and slows their growth and decay during storage. That is how difficult it is to keep food fresh in Japan.
Well said! We've noticed that we have to buy fewer items when we go to the store due to the fact that food spoils faster than anywhere else we've lived before. Especially right now where the heat and humidity are in full swing.
Japanese strawberries and grapes are expensive, but the strawberries and grapes from Korea and China, which steal the seedlings from Japan, are cheap, but they aren't as sweet as the Japanese ones.
Interesting to hear!
Yea I read about that. It's so sad how Chinese and Korean farmers would illegally steal a fruit gene that was studied and developed for over 20-30 years. Shameless.
野菜などのラッピングはプラスチック自体に鮮度を保つ工夫がされています。
Thanks for the insight!
日本の食品産業は湿度との闘いです。
プラスチック包装は必須です
Tanner is not only smiling, his face expression seems so happy, almost grinning from one ear to another
What can I say, it’s kind of our happy place to be!
For sashimi, you can get delicious tuna from supermarkets like Aeon.
You can eat delicious tuna for less than 1,200 yen.
Mmmm! That is our next favorite supermarket! We love the ready prepared section at Aeon! 😋
I heard that Japanese don't like when people feel the fruit and vegetables. What you pick up is what you buy.
We'll have to pay attention to that the next time we go!
Shokupan is so delicious. You can get it in the supermarket or a bakery. It’s so good as toast or for sandwiches. It’s the square bread. I could eat it every day.
We agree it is pretty nice for toast, but coming from Germany, it's really hard to love it for us. We really miss our German/European bread options!
ドイツパンやハードパンが本場で食べるように美味しいお店ありますから探してみてください
nice video! my wife and I love the grocery stores in Japan. We've only been to Aeon/ Max Valu in Gotemba. funny story... in April we visited my friend in Hakone. quick 3 hr flight to Haneda from Taipei (we live in Tamsui, Taiwan) and took the shinkansen to Odawara, then a car to Hakone. after visiting there, and seeing how good the grocery store was and how cheap it was, we decided to come back again in June to buy a condo in Hakone. my wife will be back soon to remodel it. but i need to go back to Hawaii soon (where groceries will cost 10x more) 😢 but I'll be back to Japan asap.
enjoy life in Japan! its truly one of the best places in the world. and keep the great videos coming. best of luck!
❤ 🇺🇲🇯🇵🇹🇼 😊
and Oh, forgot to mention. my ex-cousin-in-law runs a bar called Bar 605 maybe nearby you. probably decent American type food there. but I can't vouch for it, never tried it. 😂
Wow, that's great you were able to get a place in Hakone! We visited Hakone earlier this spring and will be back in a few weeks. Best of luck with the remodel! We did a big one in the US before moving overseas and it was a lot of work. Let us know how that process was in Japan.
Thanks for the kind comment! We're enjoying our time here and are looking forward to exploring more! Wow, small world. We haven't been there, but we have seen that bar/restaurant before lol.
From what I have learned, it’s common in Japan, that they sell strawberries or other fruits for different prices depending on the level of “perfection” of the single fruit!
So imagine the most picturesque strawberries with the best taste (by variant) you would sense perfect to draw in a picture, will cost you more than the same kind of strawberries in a slightly different appearance! For example this is perfect 🍓 and the cheaper option has a split tip on the lower side.
In Japan, it is customary to give fruit as gifts to hospitalized patients. In such cases, it is considered rude to send low-quality fruit.
In other words, in Japan, there are expensive fruits given as gifts and inexpensive fruits that are eaten by ordinary people on a daily basis.
It cannot be denied that the fruits eaten on a daily basis are also slightly more expensive than in other countries, but when information is disseminated overseas, it is sometimes erroneously reported as if the expensive fruits given as gifts are commonly eaten.
We didn’t know about this ourselves so thanks for sharing!! The more expensive fruits are typically gifts- got it! 😊
They do seem a bit more “perfect” and fancy to us! We have yet to purchase one to try out the flavor!! The cheaper options are always so tasty!
Great video! Really enjoyed this one!
Yay! Love to hear that! Thanks for letting us know 😊 We have another supermarket video in queue so stay tuned!!
The unspoken rule at the supermarket is not to touch anything you don't intend to buy.
This does not mean that it is a buy or not buy result. If you don't want to buy it first, you don't have the right to touch it to put it back on the shelf. Nice packaging is for the next person to buy. Respect.
Have a Nice day.
Hi thanks for your comment! It’s great to learn this. We will make sure we are careful about what foods we touch & only touch the ones we plan to purchase.
you call it nice packaging. I call it waste. You must be american of the uneducated kind.
Hi. Yes, it was very interesting. I would love to see the seafood section in person 😀. Well about bread I think you don't find so much because they eat more rice and noodles. Must be fun to walkthrough there. Take care.🍀🌹
Many Japanese people love bread as much as rice and noodle, but they prefer buying it at bakeries rather than grocery stores.
It's really exciting to see the different seafood options up close! We've barely dipped our toes in as far as trying them out, but slowly we are expanding into the other fish. Grocery shopping is a pretty exciting thing!
Thanks for a tour of a Japanese supermarket. There are lots of interesting food options available. . Im definitely not an adventurous foodie, but did try some traditional food while visiting Japan. I think your family are very curious and adventurous when it comes to food so would fair much better than me with a change in diet. I had never tried Japanese cuisine until my trip there . Not my favourite I’m afraid. Thank you 🙏
Thanks for watching!! 😊 We have loved embracing the Japanese Cuisine into our lifestyle, but we definitely miss other foods too!
What about umami taste
That seafood section! I would go crazy. Did you know it's just "Cup Noodles"? For some reason we all call it Cup of Noodles. I'm very grateful to Amazon that I can get toasted sesame oil and sushi nori in Germany.
We definitely realize the difference between Cup Noodles & Cup of Noodles! Soo interesting! Thanks for pointing that out 😊 Mmm I’m glad you can too!!
おすすめからきました。
日本人は柔らかいパンが好きですからね。
本格的なハードなパンは小規模な個人店しかないと思います。
好みのパン屋が見つかるといいですね。
Thanks for watching! Yes we have noticed they really like soft bread! We enjoy it too, but also miss the European dense bread. Thank you 😊
保存食と言ってたのは日本で酒のつまみです。ビールや酒と一緒に食べるものです。子供は食べません。
日本では日本の食材が安いので日本食を食べる事で費用を節約する事が可能です。
また日本食は味噌、醤油、酢、納豆など発酵食品が多く、味に深みがあって健康的という特徴もあります。
お弁当を食べると日本食に慣れていくかもしれません。
We love the Japanese bento boxes!! 😋 Fermented foods have a lot of health benefits and we are trying to expand our taste for more of them. We can’t quite get in board with natto, although we wish we could! Thanks for sharing the information. It’s so fun to hear from locals!
@@OurStorytoTell
Many Japanese people dislike natto, so it's not something you should force yourself to eat.
Miso ramen and soy sauce ramen are recommended for their deep flavor of fermented foods.
If its nearby, you should try to shop at Aeon mall. It is very nice and have lots of selections too. The smaller supermarket would be My Basket Supermarket.
This is our next favorite supermarket! We love all of their ready made foods! Such a huge selection! 😋
Hello family fun video as always. I was surprised that you haven´t found good bread in japan.
There are many foreign bakeries nowadays especially in Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto.
For your area near the naval base i found a german style Bakery Brot Baum in Yokosuka at 6 Shinkocho, Yokosuka, Kanagawa 238-0005, Japan.
You should find good bread and pastries there. Best of luck to the entire family.
Exactly. There are many good bakeries, both foreign and Japanese, and bread lovers usually go to those bakeries rather than grocery stores.
Hi!! Thank you for sending that over. We have been there and sadly it just didn’t live up to the standard Germany gave us! We wish it would have! We’ve even ventured to a highly rated German bakery in Tokyo & just couldn’t get in board. 😭 We do have to say they are definitely better than the supermarket breads, BUT, we have yet to find Germany bakeries that compare. The Japanese bakeries really are so great though! It’s been fun to try new things and experience their milk bread. Sometime we will do a video about it 😋😋
Until Tanner kinda mentioned it, I was going to ask you guys if you had access to the Commissary or Exchange on base. It is always interesting to see how other countries present their groceries and produce.
Yes it is definitely nice that we do because we prefer to get our dairy products and few favorite brands at the commissary, but we definitely buy the majority of items here! We love going grocery shopping in other countries so much 🤣😊 It is so interesting!
Very nice video！ I miss Japanese grocery stores. It was so eye-pleasing to watch! So, thank you! My Mom loves AVE. There is one nearby my parents live. She calls "ei bee." The other grocery store my Mom likes is "Lopia." Do you have Lopia by where you live? I agree with you about dairy and bread! When I went home to Japan last year, I brought Dave's Killer Bread for souvenior. They loved it! Wish that Japanese grocery stores sell heavily weighted lots of seeds and grains hearty bread. Dairy...I want the to sell yogurt in a bigger portion. 😋😋💗💗 I love your family!
Thank you! I couldn't find a Lopia nearby. I think Yokohama is the nearest store. We really enjoy Dave's Killer Bread and wish they had something similar here as well. Thank you for the kind comment :)
Not a lot of American food products because the American products contain ingredients that are banned in Japan.
Yes we hardly saw any! Now you’re making us curious to look into it. It would be so interesting to learn more about the imports and ingredients banned!
So interesting to see such a different food culture. I wonder how I would fare as a vegan, lots of tofu and ramen with veggies, would be my guess!
Yes there are a lot of options for vegans we think. Also a lot of meat, but it seems friendly for both preferences in our opinion. :)
I am in California and I am lucky enough to live near a small Japanese market and I get fatigued looking at all the bottles of sauces and dressings. I can only image how difficult it is in a huge market in Japan. I can rely on the import labels to get a translation of ingredients etc, but you don’t have that luxury! And you can only google translate so much… or you will be here for weeks!
You should send us a picture of the market to our email the next time you go!
The fatigue is unreal. Fortunately we have developed a good idea of what things we really enjoy and don't need to buy sauce all that often haha.
楽しく拝見しました お願いです 購入する物だけ触れてください
Thanks for that reminder!! We will make sure we do that. Also thanks for watching! 😊
There You Tuber called Paolo from Tokyo. He made a video of a Japanese Supermarket. He shows his viewer what you can find there.
We like watching Paolo's videos! Thanks for the recommendation.
If you observe foodstuffs in supermarkets, you may understand why the obesity rate among Japanese is so low. Seaweed, konnyaku (processed potato), and mushrooms have almost no calories, and tofu and fish are good sources of protein.
Ah, you were the expert✨✨
I believe that the reason why vegetarian, vegan, and other diets have not developed in Japan is largely due to the diversity and abundance of ingredients in Japanese food and the food customs of cooking at home. There are three main types of dashi broth, the lifeblood of Japanese food: bonito broth, kelp broth, and shiitake Shiitake broth (mushroom).
My husband is a meat hater and does not eat pork, beef, or chicken. However, there are 100 to 150 kinds of vegetables available at the supermarket, changing with the seasons, so there is no limit to the number of dishes that can be made only with vegetables. There are about 500 kinds of seafood!
If you include eggs and tofu, I think you will still be able to enjoy unknown dishes even when you are over 100 years old🌱🌱
Have you ever tried butter soy sauce flavor?
Vegetables, meat, and corn, grilled in a frying pan, seasoned with butter and soy sauce, and salt and pepper to taste. We Japanese love this seasoning💓
Butter soy sauce flavor? That's peaking my interest! Or is it literally just butter and soy sauce lol? Either way, it sounds delicious. We are branching out and trying new vegetables quite often, so we're going to do that more moving forward. We love how much produce options there are!
Yes , just add butter and pour in soy sauce👍✨
Try putting these two things in a piece of frozen corn, wrap it up and microwave it.
You will be addicted🥰
ah, what you call sesame oil were soy-sauce-based seasonings. Those include fish stock and are used for several Japanese dishes.
Thanks for the info. It’s a whole new world of sauces to get used to!
@@OurStorytoTell welcome anytime. you can use that for pasta too.
lucky for us that the exchange rate is so good the last few years making a trip to the supermarket less painful. stock up on those yen now just in case things go south. Japan grocery shopping can also be a trip down memory lane too. I went to an old mom n pop in osaka and they were playing big band music and all their customers dressed like it was 50 years ago. It was like an anti-walmart or an alternate universe. One classy lady all dolled up in a long dress with high heels transported my brain for a split second back in time to when my mom used to drag me to the grocery store. However, my favorite store is still costco. There is nothing more gratifying than going to costco and finding your favorite food or drink that had long ago disappeared in your stateside costco.
The rate now has been nice, for sure. Your experience in Osaka sounds unique! Do you know the name of the store?
We do love going to Costco, although we've only been once or twice since moving here! What's your favorites when you go?
Hi, AVE is pronounced as ’Eivy’ rather than 'Ave'.
No way!! Thank you so much for telling us! We’ve only heard it this way, but now we will pronounce it the correct way!
Very nice sharing this video 💖💖💖
We really appreciate your comment and for watching!! So glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for video❤ I'm back home in America from Taiwan. It was 23 hours flight ✈️ I will be visiting Japan in November. Can't wait. I might move there too❤ P.S. Try little white fish with soy sauce and mix it with steam rice. They are sooo yummy 😋
Oh that sounds like such a fun trip!! A looonnngg flight though! Good luck adjusting to the new time zone. That is always so hard for us with kiddos! 😅 Also soo fun if you’re able to move to Japan! Tell us if it happens! 🤍 Thanks for the food suggestion!
@@OurStorytoTell 👍💯😊
Have you guys tried Capricciosa...its in Mores City behind Yokosuka chuo station...we went there a lot when my hubby was stationed there....are you in the Navy Tanner?
No, we haven’t eaten there yet. Maybe we’ll have to give it a try. Any recommendations on what to get there? Yes, I’m a civilian employee with the Navy. When were you here?
AVE is one of my favorite supermarkets.
It's like the Japanese version of Costco.
There is wide selection and always soo crowded! 🤣 We love it too! Now we have a hard time going other places because this one is our favorite!
You need to go to Bakery shops to buy different sourdough and international bread.
There are incredible selections available. Obviously Tokyo and in the surrounding areas. One does not buy bread in supermarket.
We’ll have to keep searching for some good bakeries. We’ve heard they are out there!
@@OurStorytoTell I had some most amazing Finnish and Russian bread in Yokohama (Nordic breads are great - grew up in Scandinavia!) 😊 good luck!!
Nice ! ty.
Thank you for watching!!
日本で野菜を買うなら道の駅で買うと取り立ての野菜が買えます。産地直売所です。
We’ve noticed that a few times when traveling in more rural areas and also at one street like vendor here in Yokosuka!
めちゃくちゃ安いスーパーなんですが、、どこなのか気になる
In Kanagawa! 😊
there are many Germany bakery shops like
Bäckerei Brotheim, Bäckerei Thüringer Wald, HIMMEL, etc
also
MAISON KAYSER
PAUL
Are popular among Europeans.
Many other popular places.
We recommend the Ajinomoto Cook Do series in the condiments section. Try them with the frozen gyoza dumplings and frozen fried rice!😉
Mmmm going to try that!! 😋😋
Wauw thats some super market 😮😅 i need a translation on my phone for some of those items 😜
Brr the whole fish definitely a massive collection to choose from . Sure is a challenge but the more you go shopping
The easier it is and your learning along the way 😜.
Was indeed very interesting to see , hear your views 😊 have a lovely weekend 🥰
Grocery stores are fascinating to see the differences.. Thanks for the tour and showing all the differences. And the prepackaged hotdogs and hamburgers are... How many preservatives are in there to keep them shelf stable 😮... This was a very interesting video. Y'all do such beautiful work with your videos ❤. Would love to watch y'all prepare a meal at home and see what you eat.
Ahh such a fun video idea! Thanks for sharing that! 😊 We couldn’t get over the prepackaged burgers and hot dogs either… so interesting to us! Thanks for the kind words (as always!) 🫶
As you can tell, we love filming these videos! As for the packaged hot dogs/hamburgers... too many lol. Cooking at home would be a fun idea we might do sometime! Maybe we'll show us cooking up some fish on our little Japanese grill :). Have a great start to your week!
I love onigiri..i didn't like the seaweed at first but then i got pregnant with my first son over there and then had nori cravings and i now make onigiri here in the US
What’s your favorite onigiri to make? We’ve tried some really tasty kinds over the last few months.
Love the seafood section and ramen. I would feel so lost in that store Lol, YOU guys are doing so well.
Its incredible to see how many ramen options there are lol. We'll never get to try all of the flavors, but that's ok! We are loving the seafood so much. Just had salmon last night for dinner and it was amazing!
@@OurStorytoTell Hehehe because of your video , I got some Ramen noodles !!!! I am s glad you are enjoying the different food.
I really like AVE! It has a vibe and is cheap for certain products. We have been in Japan for 10 years. Living just over the hill in Zushi. Would be cool to meet up and learn about you CZcams experience!
No way?! We almost lived in a house in Zushi! You can watch that process if you’re interested in our house hunting video. We sometimes wonder what it would have been like to live there! Seems like such a cool town!! It would be fun to meet up sometime for sure! Send us an email if you’re serious! 😊
@@OurStorytoTell, you got it! Messages sent through your website!
Keep doing what you are doing! Love it!
I recommend baking Bread yourself. It is pretty easy. As a German who lived for sime time in Japan. The only Resolution is Baking the Bread yourself. Kommt zurück nach Deutschland 🙂
That’s what we’ll have to start doing more often. Maybe once it cools down a bit later this year cause it’s quite warm out no 😆. Dont worry, wir kommen bestimmt wieder. Wer weiß wan, aber wir werden :)
@@OurStorytoTell 😃
Just found your channel. Very enjoyable. I grew up in Rhode Island and love seafood but the Japanese eat a wider variety of seafood. I've heard don't eat Ramen it's not good for you but the Japanese eat lots of it and seem to be in better shape. One thing I was wondering about is the kitchen oven. Japanese ovens seem to be a small draw that doesn't hold much. Is this generally true. If you are in the service, thanks for your service. Very important work. Can't wait for new videos. Joe
Hi Joe! So fun to hear you grew up in Rhode Island! We would love to explore your State sometime!! That’s one of the ones we have never been to.
Japanese people love ramen & we know why because it’s sooo tasty 😋 maybe sometime you can try it?
You have to give the cart a wipe in case a kid has pissed in it.
Hahaha now that’s true 😂🤣
Where is this supermarket
in japan ?
What the actual f! Those johnsonville sausages are significantly cheaper than I an buy them where I live (rural US). That really annoys me lol! I know prices are cheaper as a whole(those strawberries were way cheaper than i pay for crappier ones), but you figure that the American imports would at least be priced the same if not higher due to import cost. For reference I pay almost 7 USD at my local store for one of those packages you showed. I stopped buying them because they got too expensive. For those who don't want to do the conversion, thats approximately 1100¥ which is double the price in the video.
Eeek yeah it’s hard to realize some people are getting the some product that’s been imported for much cheaper!! Dang it!! I’m sorry!! We are quite surprised about the price differences for sure!
I would have to shop at that supermarket several times to find all the products I've not seen in Europe. Quite a cornucopia, except for bread. Is it the case that Japanese don't eat much bread? What about poached egg on toast, for example? The first thing I would do there is find a German or French bakery. There's bound to be one. I love ramen, so trying all those different ones would be amazing. Here in England i can get the Nissin Soba brand, and of course Pot Noodles which are horrible.
We've found a few bakeries in the area, but they aren't the same. Even one that is labeled as German, is quite disappointing. Maybe we'll have to try our luck in Yokohama or Tokyo the next time we visit!
@@OurStorytoTell Maybe it's time to get the oven on and the bread flour out! I have an amazing American hardback cookery book called The Model Bakery by Karen Mitchell and Sarah Mitchell Hansen, published by Chronicle Books San Francisco. It contains 75 recipes from the Napa Valley Bakery.
成城石井というスーパーマーケットに行きますか? やや高級指向のスーパーで、外国の食材やお菓子、日本の名物が売られています。
都会の駅のビルには大抵、そのお店がありますし、百貨店にお店が入っていることが多いです。
日本のパンが合わないそうですが、ライムギパンやヒマワリの種が入ったパンも売られていますし、ワインや外国のビール、チーズも売られています。
日本の食事が合わないようですが、アメリカ人が寿司をアメリカ向けに改良するように、日本人も西洋料理を日本向けに改良してきました(とんかつ、カレーライスなど)。
横須賀にお住まいですか? 横浜や鎌倉、湘南にも行きますか? いろいろなお店がありそうです。
横須賀AVEですね！
午前中行ったらもっと品数あると思うよ。
日本の農産物は品種的なクオリティーや他の食べ物のクオリティーもとても高いと思うよ！
塩サーモンはおにぎりに入れても美味しいよ😊
AVEから基地方面のポートマーケット内の石窯パン屋のパンは美味しいですよ！！！
Japan 97,5% of adults are lactose intolerant (2012)
日本語話せますか？
A little bit! We are trying to learn but our daughter speaks the most as she goes to Japanese Yochien! 😊
🇲🇾 ❤️ 🇯🇵
I guess there is not an option for check out in English like in many European countries.
There is a language button that you can press English on when you go to pay. :)
エイビーな…⁉️😑✋💦
Japan is a modest country, but I think it's a nice place to live. I like Salt Lake City.
Yes we love Japan! do you live in Salt Lake City or have you visited?? We miss Utah often!!
@@OurStorytoTell America is a country that every Japanese person dreams of, but my favorite state is Salt Lake City. I've heard that it's relatively more stable than any other state, so I'd really like to go there since I've never been there before.
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Wdym by modest
The food is crazy expensive, the government is out of control, and can you own fire arms at all? lol
they use too much plastic for their packaging unlike europe most of packaging are cardboards/paper
They definitely use a lot. We do have to mention that the humidity is intense here so good spoils much faster. We have heard that is why they use so much plastic, but we definitely aren’t the experts!
No plastic at all ?
お米食べすぎると顔が大きくなるから気をつけて
お米🍚食べ過ぎに注意⚠️
お子さんはなにも知らないから出されたら食べちゃいます
顔は小顔がいいてす👌🎉
個人の感想です
A lot of the “ food “ looks artificial and not healthy
There was a lot of packaged food, but did you see how much fresh produce and seafood was available?! We love having a nice variety of fresh food to choose from.
@@OurStorytoTell yes and I was pleasantly surprised,
Thanks for taking us along, as I was wondering, if japanese people just ate from vending machines.
Most asians are lactose intolerant, that is why there’s not a lot of dairy products (I think)
Greetings from Germany 🙋♂️
the packaging in Japan is just too much! So much waste just to make it look more valueable. Plus not everything is that cheap there compared to Germany. Fish is definately cheaper in Japan.
Initially, that has been our impression as well. However, the recycling program here is on another level compared to any other country we've seen, including Germany. Not saying that there aren't parts of DE that don't do a fairly good job at recycling/reducing waste. That doesn't dismiss the fact that there is so much plastic/packaging, but nearly every day of the week there is a different item that is picked up from the streets. Example, Mondays and for PET bottles and metal cans. Tuesday and Friday are for burnable waste (food waste and other non-recyclables). Wednesday is for recyclable plastics, Thursday is for something else, and two other days of the month are for cardboard, lightly used clothing, and other metal/non-burnable waste. It definitely drops down the amount of items that go into general waste!
You should look into how Japan handles their trash and recycle system before you talk down on it. I'm pretty sure they have it all figured out much more than your own country lol
@@ChatGPT--officialb0t Oh really!! I lived in Tokyo for 8 yrs and my wife is japanese. And you??
@@berndgaal7689 I'm Japanese. 25+years and still here.
Is this in Tokyo
No in Kanagawa 😊
Beautiful sharing ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Thanks so much for watching!! 😊