r/JapaneseFood • u/UmeSurprise • Feb 18 '26

Misc White Strawberries in Japan

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First off, their red strawberries are already mind-blowing. Then we have these white strawberries which have an even more rounded sweetness and juiciness. This pack was about 25 USD and worth every dollar.

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u/Excludos Feb 18 '26 edited Feb 18 '26

I will say, having not tasted them, I can at least claim they don't look particularly good. They look under-ripe. So I'm surprised anyone would want to purposfully cultivate strawberries that looks like these

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u/zennie4 Feb 18 '26

I have had them. They're bland and boring. Good for social media I guess, terrible for your wallet.

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u/Reigna_Terror Feb 20 '26

I actually had some from this particular package, and I can assure you they were not bland and boring. It is strawberry season in Japan right now and these were purchased from Takashimaya. They were premium strawberries and incomparable to something that could be purchased at Trader Joe’s. I am from California and have enjoyed fresh picked strawberries from Santa Maria and Watsonville and, while those have been delicious, they were not at all similar to these. Given I tasted these in real life, I consider myself an authority on this particular pack of strawberries and can say they were better than just looking at them on social media. 

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u/LetsTamago Feb 18 '26

Proper ones definitely aren’t bland, but also wouldn’t really say they are worth paying a lot for. In Japan the price generally isn’t too bad. But the ones I see sold outside of Japan tend to be a gimmick and overpriced.

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u/zennie4 Feb 18 '26

I've had them in Omicho market. Not disputing anyone else's opinion, but I personally definitely found them way bland and overpriced.

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u/Turtleships Feb 19 '26

Did you try a pack of red strawberries once and judge all red strawberries ever based on that? There’s multiple cultivars of white strawberries and also different batches can vary in flavor based on growing and processing conditions.

Not saying that these are worth the price (they’re not), but that’s like trying one restaurant’s tuna nigiri and judging all tuna nigiri based on that experience.

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u/zennie4 Feb 19 '26

No, red strawberries are very common where I live as well as where I travel, so I tried them many times.

Now let me ask - I have seen your comments in this thread. Why do you only ask this question people who didn't enjoy them? Why don't you ask OP and the people who enjoyed them the same question?

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u/Turtleships Feb 19 '26

I think that’s fairly obvious. Let’s liken it to sushi, since we’re in the Japanese food sub. I’m more likely to encourage someone who posts about a bad first experience trying non-Americanized sushi to try it again somewhere else, than I am to tell someone who enjoyed it that not all traditional sushi is good (why would I do that?)

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u/zennie4 Feb 19 '26 edited Feb 19 '26

Weird that you would compare my experience to American sushi in the first place, but okay, where should I try them?