this is what a Japanese Supermarket is
really
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like so today I'm in life Supermarket
here in Tokyo and I'm super happy
because I've always wanted to show you
guys inside of a Japanese supermarket
and I finally got permission so I'm
going to be taking you around show you
some of my favorite items as well as the
prices included so without further Ado
let me take you
around
say what what yep I've got full access
to the supermarket or in Japanese Supa
you don't know how long I've been trying
to do this video on the up and up and
please let me know in the comments how
the Supa compares to your country and if
anything surprises you anyway to the
meat and potatoes so the first thing you
notice when you're coming into a
Japanese Supermarket you'll probably
walk through the produce section with
all the vegetables and fruits and
whatnot which is actually quite an
important thing but today we're going to
skip that for right now maybe we'll go
back to it a little bit later cuz I want
to show you this first so first thing
you're going to see is this wonderful
Seafood section you can see all of this
Fresh Fish seafood in Japan is very
popular for home cooking and as you can
see you could easily get it fresh at the
supermarket there's an entire section of
whole fish in various sizes but being in
the city some may consider it
extravagant as large an AO eel cost
15,000 Yen the red snapper cost 3,000
580 Yen and isai Snapper cost 6,800 Yen
however if you ask the workers they'll
kindly clean the fish for you in any way
you want also they actually have a tank
here where you can order the fish Super
Fresh they even do EKG a Japanese
technique performed when cleaning the
fish to help maximize freshness also the
supermarket offers reasonable pre-cut
fish as well oh and I love their tuna
section which offers a variety of Parts
they've got Toto red meat tataki and
chopped tuna I mean a set of fat tuna
medium tuna and red meat for 3580 yen is
pretty good deal in the city and since
we're talking about Seafood I have to
take you guys to the sushi section and
if you just look around you have all
these different style sushi but you can
also get the sushi cake or you can get a
piece of cake here and then you can just
get like a plethora of different Sushi
items having a wide variety of sushi is
common in Japanese supermarkets they
don't only have Nigi sets which are
quite popular when you want to splurge
for your lunch or dinner but they also
have kaisen Dawn which are more
affordable at 798 Yen or the rolls like
this for
680n they sometimes even sell real deal
Wasabi so you can freshly grind it at
home and it's pretty cool to be able to
see Sushi being made safely right in
front of
you so this is quite fun being able to
show you guys all of these different
products and all the things that you can
get in a Japanese Supermarket so this
section right here if you just look it
goes all the way down the aisle in this
Japanese cooking sauces they have ponzu
miso and suyu which is a mix of Dashi
mean and soy sauce there's SOI no suyu
is Michael's favorite her mom even uses
it they also have a light colored suyu
like this one and this one is aod Dashi
made from flying fish the soy sauce
section is insane I love their premium
section from different manufacturers
this one is glutenfree a no
Tamar this is dark Dashi flavored
soy they even have soy sauce designed
for egg over rice you even have these
unique soy sauces like a uni show you
you have Kaki oyster soy sauce show you
ninu which is garlic show you so there's
like so many different varieties for soy
sauce and then oh I just want to show
you this one here this right here is
Kuru which is is like a a vinegar like a
black vinegar and it is blueberry flavor
I drink this all the time supposed to be
really really healthy I put it in my
shake mix it with my vegetables and
whatnot and just adds a little nice
flavor to it now let me show you the
Miso section here you generally find the
lighter colored miso called Shido miso
super dark red miso and ones in between
those two which are considered red
miso Michael switches Brands around but
this has to be her favorite marui tanita
shoko miso
oh and for easy use they also have
freeze-dried misof Flakes and liquid
bottles now let me show you one of my
favorite sections bentos and the soai
deli so just look at the Variety here
you have all sorts of different ventos
and the prices are actually fairly
reasonable too look at this one this is
the Rose KATU and it's such a great deal
within the Bento section you'll find all
sorts of bentos traditional sty bentos
super sized bentos and organic bentos
it's pretty fascinating to see all the
different Creations in the traditional
sty area you can find bentos that have
grilled fish with side dishes and this
one with fried fish over rice with side
dishes I love yakiton bentos like this
one and also oyakodon bentos like this
super siiz bentos at least this is what
it's thought of in Japan look like this
this is chicken steak with peel off and
this one just has a bunch of stuff both
for only 598 years
this healthy Bento is in the organic
section only 390 Yen organic bentos
generally come with grain rice and lots
of vegetables this section is for sure
my wife's favorite me not so
much they also have non-japanese bendo
like bmop and
gapo now let me take you to the soai
deli section in Japan the soai deli
items are often bought as add-on dishes
for home dinners especially just that
take time and effort to prepare like
fried goods and yakit toti you can even
get yakit toti here and my favorite is a
skun so yakit is a very popular Japanese
zoai dish and you can usually choose
between sh salt or a tat sauce flavor
and look at this they even have these
party platters this one has Fried
Chicken corro it has actually two kinds
of shrimp potato wedges O Meal Deal
right here so one of my favorites here
is this one this is wagu and it's a mini
ball so you have this like minced meat
all over this like fried crusty
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loveliness so one thing I should note
about all of this is that the prices
listed today they may be a little bit
different depending on the season or the
time so you know just take that with a
grain of salt so now we're here in the
meat section and as you can see it's not
kind of like your Western Meat section
meaning that you you won't find a lot of
like thick Meats you'll actually find a
lot more sliced Meats because in Japan a
lot of people like to do Shabu Shabu or
skaki so the meats are actually a lot
thinner here also people in Japan like
the sauté more and so you'll find a lot
of these meats
sliced just look at this fresh ex and
you can see that you don't have any like
sirloin or t-one steak you have sliced
me what I love of course is the variety
of wagy beef in the Japanese Supermarket
this lovely one is Nagasaki iigu beef
and this one is blackhaired wagu from
kagoshima and the best part is they
offer free GUI which is a pure wagu fat
and used for cooking your wagu it has a
unique sweetness and Umami
flavor Japanese style barbecue Yakiniku
is often eaten at home so you'll find
bite-sized sliced meat as well unlike
Korean barbecue the meat is never served
frozen and it's impossible to slice it
this thin at home so people people
usually just buy these meats from the
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website there's just actually so many
products that I want to show you guys
but unfortunately I just don't have all
the time in the world so we'll just have
to pick on the best ones that I can show
you for right now so this pasta sauce
section is actually one of the places I
discovered right away when I first came
to Japan the reason being is they have
these individually wrapped packets of
sauce that you can just add to your
pasta and it makes it just so easy to
eat I'm Qui into the pasta sauce with
Japanese twists like kodro cream sauce
and Yuzu kosho pepper cheese cream sauce
Japanese supermarkets have so many
different kinds of sauce it's
mindblowing since a lot of people in
Japan like to eat their meat Yakiniku
you actually find a lot of T like sauces
for the yakun niku here this one is
produced by a luxury yakun niku chain
called jojoen This is a butter flavored
one and this a burnt garlic flavor not
only yakun niku sauce but you can also
find various Sukiyaki soups steak sauce
yakit to sauce and the list goes on the
only thing that they don't have at least
right now is my poo from Tokyo premium
Community hot sauce which many of you
already know it's simply fire you can
get it for yourself or a friend at Pao
from tokyohot sauce.com sorry I couldn't
help myself moving on also you'll find a
lot of different condiments here you
probably seen in M's like eating videos
in a refrigerator we have just like a
whole bunch of condiments that she has
so one of my favorite condiments is a
yukos show and I love to use it on my
Oden here you can find Japanese
fermented beans Nat in so many different
forms and flavors so when you hit Level
Two in your Japanese day which you know
took me a little bit to get here then I
finally fell in love with natto and
Japanese supermarkets just have such a
variety that you know it's unmatched
compared to the rest of the world and
this one right here is like the my go to
tamago hitter so it just has like an egg
flavor built in it makes it super creamy
and less stinky Nat comes in different
sizes of beans this one is a large size
bean and this one is small they even
have a too version called hiy Wy
personally I'm not a fan but my wife and
son like it this one comes with a rice
Koji sauce and this one is sh so
flavored at a big Supermarket they
sometimes sell these old school package
do as well so this spot right here is
the Oden in like fish cake section at
one point when I was trying to go like
on a diet and I wanted to try to lose
some weight all I ate was Odin in fish
cakes and it actually kind of worked but
I don't know how healthy it was but it's
actually like a cool place to go in a
Japanese supermarket and one of my
favorites is these prepackaged Odin all
you need to do is heat it up and you're
good to go you can also purchase
individual items to add into the Odin
set or create your own with your
favorite ones for those of you that have
kids or maybe some like family members
that are kids back at home this is the
perfect place to go because you can get
them snacks here or bring them back as
souvenirs so in Japan one of the most
popular characters is umon man they just
have so many different varieties in fact
fact Wolfie loves it himself he usually
eats like these biscuits right here and
he also eats these like vegetable
crackers are actually supposedly
supposed to be pretty
healthy Michael doesn't think so but you
know they have vegetables it tricked me
and then here they have all these like
little Japanese snacks and like little
individual packed sizes so you can bring
on like chips with you it's actually a
great again souvenir or if you're just
going on the trips with your kids maybe
if you're going from like tourist spot a
tourist spot then you can check these
out because you know they get a little
bit hungry you don't have to go like
stop at like the comini or anything just
have it in your bag it just makes it
super easy to travel with kids oh and I
can't forget these little crafty sweets
kids can make they have so many
different kinds and again perfect for
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souvenirs so that brings us to the rice
and in Japan there are hundreds and
hundreds of different types of rice but
the reason why I bring you here they
actually have individual size packets
see you get different types of
individually wrapped rice it's actually
a really good souvenir gift for those
people that like want to get something
you know a little bit special from Japan
but it's not like so touristy this is
like local Japanese rice and you can get
them in bags and they come in little
colorful packets and people will be just
excited to receive them if you look
closely you can see the taste chart on
sweetness firmness and stickiness so you
can choose based on your preference and
when it has this Mark on it it means
newly cropped rice called shein
and just a quick little note is that you
have these microwavable packets of rice
as well which you know during my younger
days here in Japan I really loved well I
guess I still use them now but they're
just great if you're in a pinch and you
just want some rice you can just take
one of these packets throw in the
microwave for 2 minutes and you're good
to
go and then in this section here you
have traditional Japanese drinking
snacks they go well with a beer or some
sake you can see here you got some dried
fish fish dried squid fairly healthy and
like one of my favorites is these little
eggs these are like my goat to when I go
on the shin on S and I'm having a beer
and I have just some of these little
quail eggs that are usually like
marinated in like soy sauce or some sort
of like sauce they have these are so
delicious my other go-to hitters are the
grilled a sting raen octopus skewer and
cod cheese just in name a
few so we're kind of on a ter shown you
all of these different places you can go
to a supermarket if I did miss anything
that you guys want to see maybe for a
next video let me know in the comments
below this is the sweet section which is
one of my favorites as well look at this
I mean a fruit waffle little meon slices
right there can't beat that and then you
have this Nama sufre Dora kind of has
like the unle cream and you have a sule
like all like pancake in the middle like
a sandwich in the middle Japanese jaes
people are all about silky egg pudding
and they even sell straight red bean
paste this is whatab bemoji and this one
is called a fruit triffle so that's a
full tour of a Japanese Supermarket I
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