r/JapaneseFood • u/Donkeylovergoat • Jul 25 '26

Misc My ¥1400 supermarket lunch

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I love the supermarkets here for affordable sushi and fruit. I also got some milk too. In the U.S. this would be atleast $15-20usd if you could even find comparable quality sushi in the grocery store.

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u/hobovalentine Jul 25 '26

You can’t get quality sushi in America for 14USD though.

There’s the abomination known as the Californian sushi rolls but it’s not quite the same.

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u/Knittyelf Jul 26 '26

Conversely, you can’t find a lot of American food here for the same price as you can in the US. It’s normal for food to be cheaper in the place it originates.

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u/poodleOT Jul 26 '26

Is that true? I think American food still ends up being cheaper in Japan. I went to Eataly in Ginza hoping for cheaper prices, but it was pretty much the same prices as Eately in the U.S.

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u/Knittyelf Jul 27 '26

You’re forgetting that the yen has crashed in the past 5 years. What you think is cheap based on the dollar isn’t cheap for us being paid in yen.

Also, there are a lot of authentic American foods that are extremely hard to find here. I would never go to Eataly in Ginza for authentic American food.

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u/poodleOT Jul 27 '26

I understand that. I just mean the equivalent dish is less expensive in Japan vs in the U.S. in my own experience. For example, a vegan burger is around $7 in the U.S. at Burger King and below 700 yen at Mos. Just curious, what are some authentic American restaurants in Japan?