Jason hates to go grocery shopping. He will drive me, but then waits in the car until I am done. Most of the time though, I will leave him at home and do it at my own pace. But not here in Japan, he LOVEs to visit them! As we are in a hotel here, there is no real need for a supermarket, but we love to venture them anyway. The ones we have found are not the same as home, one giant store, rather, they are a group of little stores/vendors in the basement of a shopping mall located beside or on top of a train/subway station. Grab breakfast on the way to work or dinner on the way home. Easy.
The “supermarket” will sell prepackaged foods and fruits/veggies, while the surrounding vendors will sell prepared foods or specialty items, ie, only fish, or only meat, or only bean curd type products, etc.
Fruit displayed with precision
Perfect dessert cups
Giant squid - here's looking at you kid
Beautifully arranged sashimi - yes, raw fish
Drying a bean curd type product, or so I believe...I did not like the taste of this
The key to everything in Japan is presentation and service, and that is
why we love to explore these areas. The care taken to present the food
to you is amazing, sometimes it looks like art! It is a lot of fun
checking the market out. Who knows what you will find, or be able to
try!
-Christine
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