Request - shopping for food in Japan - what does it cost?

A subscriber, Sprachers, asked what I typically spend on groceries each week.

So I took out my camera as I unpacked my shopping bags from my latest trip to the grocery store.
I spent a little more than normal this time since I bought some toiletries that aren't weekly purchases.

I usually spend about 3000yen to 4000yen per visit and I go to the grocery store twice a week normally.
I try to limit the amount I eat out to once or twice a week. So mostly I cook easy, easy meals for one at home, but as you can see I also cheat and just heat up pre-made food sometimes.

Enjoy!
And thanks to Sprachers for the question/request.

-Jason

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[trendy76]

i dunno if anyone has asked this but do they have dollar stores like they have here in the western society?

[TaishaJason]

@trendy76 Japan has the best 100yen ($1) stores on the planet. They have tons of great stuff - most JETs furnish their kitchen and parts of their apartment exclusively from the 100yen shop.

[archykins]

i dont know if youve done this yet because i am fairly new and havent seen all of your vids yet :3 buuuut what kind of stores do they have in their malls? :o do they have ones like us? such as stitches, american eagle, dollar giant, the gap, peoples jewellers etc? same places? or different? :o

[TaishaJason]

@archykins well, they often don't have a "mall" at all in some of the rural places I've lived. When they do, it's the same mix of clothing stores and shoe shops and a book store, etc, with eating and maybe an arcade with Japanese games and purikura. The don't really have American stores like The Gap unless you're in Osaka or Tokyo or some bigger city, but they have the Japanese equivalent, like UniQlo.

[shinmei2006]

i drank alot of muscat tea and melon soda...two of my favorite "hard to get drinks back home" in japan lol...

Muscat is actually another name for muscadine grapes, a delicious variety that has a thicker skin that you don't usually eat (as its bitter) and the inside of the grape is a bitter tougher than the normal table grapes most everyone in the states is used to

[TaishaJason]

thanks for the info :)

[heats1]

@visualvirtue shut up

[lasagna47]

the camera movements made me dizzy~ anyways, really expensive.

still, like to go to japan someday~and try all the wonderful foods! 

[visualvirtue]

@JAWZxz Sure he can do what he wants and he's doing it, duh! And I can say what I want and you can mind everyone's business like you want. Ha!

[JAWZxz]

@visualvirtue Wreck himself? He's hardly wrecking himself you self-satisfied twat, and even if he was, it's his body and he can do what he wants with it.

[JAWZxz]

@KarinaU212 Yeah, the Americans are totally forcing the Japanese to eat their food, that makes no sense.

[KarinaU212]

I think it is absolutely disgusting how westernized the Japanese diet has become. As recently as 60-70 years ago, you would not have found more than half of the food in Japanese stores that you have there. America is making Japan unhealthy.

[akush55]

as of today market that was about 99 bucks .

[visualvirtue]

You've got a poor diet. Take better care of yourself!

[animefreak1467]

wow the prices really weren't that high, or higher than it is here in the us.

-though now that the dollar is extremely weak...only about 80-85 yen per dollar

[animefreak1467]

@TaishaJason they have UniQlo in NYC too. :D do you notice different current styles than the US? in the younger or older generations?