Try Wholesale Supermarkets in Japan for Good Deals

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. A wholesale supermarket is simply a supermarket that stocks its shelves  [ ... ]

Frugal Grocery Shopping

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 a [ ... ]