December 5th, 2004
Having just about entirely exhausted the frugal grocery options in my local area (and on-line), I thought I’d tell you about a new type of discount grocery store: the “gyomu suupaa,” or wholesale supermarket.
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May 16th, 2004
No matter what kind of lifestyle you live in Japan, from the most luxurious expat apartment complex to a rustic house in deepest rural Japan, everyone (at least once or twice) manages to visit a grocery store here. Of course, the first few visits are fairly confusing. At first, most of our efforts
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