Comments on: Get Cheap Bread at the Grocery Store http://nihonhacks.com/japanese-food/get-cheap-bread-at-the-grocery-store/ Time- and money-saving tips for easy living in Japan Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:32:00 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: thomas http://nihonhacks.com/japanese-food/get-cheap-bread-at-the-grocery-store/comment-page-1/#comment-50 thomas Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:58:30 +0000 http://nihonhacks.com/japanese-food/get-cheap-bread-at-the-grocery-store/#comment-50 Tori: Thanks for the encouraging words! I appreciate any traffic you can send my way :) I hope you'll come back and visit soon. Tori: Thanks for the encouraging words! I appreciate any traffic you can send my way :) I hope you’ll come back and visit soon.

]]> By: Tori http://nihonhacks.com/japanese-food/get-cheap-bread-at-the-grocery-store/comment-page-1/#comment-47 Tori Wed, 17 Oct 2007 02:48:03 +0000 http://nihonhacks.com/japanese-food/get-cheap-bread-at-the-grocery-store/#comment-47 This is by far the most useful website on day to day living tips in Japan. It's funny a lot of the tips are little things you pick up after living for a while in Japan. But putting them on a site like this is genius! I'll do whatever I can to help more people find and benefit from this site This is by far the most useful website on day to day living tips in Japan.

It’s funny a lot of the tips are little things you pick up after living for a while in Japan. But putting them on a site like this is genius!

I’ll do whatever I can to help more people find and benefit from this site

]]> By: thomas http://nihonhacks.com/japanese-food/get-cheap-bread-at-the-grocery-store/comment-page-1/#comment-41 thomas Sun, 14 Oct 2007 08:49:35 +0000 http://nihonhacks.com/japanese-food/get-cheap-bread-at-the-grocery-store/#comment-41 Shiisa, Thanks for the comment! That's a lot of good tips! I don't live in the Tokyo area, but I'm sure a lot of my readers do. I do live near lots and lots of farmland though :) I'll post these up in the future. I'm going to check out the 100-yen store for frozen food asap. And yes, the 100-yen store is pretty far. Now that we have a car, there is one that's a bit closer, but it's still far enough away that we don't go there unless we have a large shopping list or we are going in that direction anyway. Again, thanks for the support! Shiisa,

Thanks for the comment! That’s a lot of good tips! I don’t live in the Tokyo area, but I’m sure a lot of my readers do. I do live near lots and lots of farmland though :) I’ll post these up in the future. I’m going to check out the 100-yen store for frozen food asap.

And yes, the 100-yen store is pretty far. Now that we have a car, there is one that’s a bit closer, but it’s still far enough away that we don’t go there unless we have a large shopping list or we are going in that direction anyway.

Again, thanks for the support!

]]> By: shiisa http://nihonhacks.com/japanese-food/get-cheap-bread-at-the-grocery-store/comment-page-1/#comment-38 shiisa Sun, 14 Oct 2007 06:54:19 +0000 http://nihonhacks.com/japanese-food/get-cheap-bread-at-the-grocery-store/#comment-38 Hi, great idea for a web site! I'd like to add some tips of my own. By far the best tactic I've found for scaring up bargains is taking an afternoon to walk around exploring the back alleys and streets outside your normal work route -- there's always some mom-and-pop store in the middle of nowhere with some great bargains, usually (I've found) on produce. If you live in proximity of any farmland, keep an eye out for individual farmer-run outlets with riduclous bargains such as whole heads of cabbage for 40 yen (stored in coin lockers) and other vegetables sitting out in the open with an honor-system cup to place change in. We live in west Tokyo and there are two such outlets and a grape outlet within a 10-minute walk. Another bargain to definitely seek out if you're in the Tokyo-Chiba-Ibaraki-Saitama-Kanagawa area is wholesaler Hanamasa (Japanese-only link to store list - http://www.hanamasa.co.jp/company/sm/sm-list.html ) which operates several open-to-the-public storefronts. They specialize in meats but also carry an extensive array of imported goods (like chips and salsa!), as well as frozen goods, dairy items, and several industrial-sized canned goodies, etc. 100-yen stores were mentioned in the Tofu Soap Dish entry (Thomas, you're that far away from a 100 yen store?) but they're definitely worth a look as well. Circle K-Sunkus operates a chain in Tokyo called 99 Ichiba that I visit frequently to stock up on atsuage (fried tofu) and 99-yen packages of frozen vegetables. 99 yen! The supermarket across the street charges almost 4 times that much. Hope this helps, and keep up the great work! Hi, great idea for a web site! I’d like to add some tips of my own.

By far the best tactic I’ve found for scaring up bargains is taking an afternoon to walk around exploring the back alleys and streets outside your normal work route — there’s always some mom-and-pop store in the middle of nowhere with some great bargains, usually (I’ve found) on produce.

If you live in proximity of any farmland, keep an eye out for individual farmer-run outlets with riduclous bargains such as whole heads of cabbage for 40 yen (stored in coin lockers) and other vegetables sitting out in the open with an honor-system cup to place change in. We live in west Tokyo and there are two such outlets and a grape outlet within a 10-minute walk.

Another bargain to definitely seek out if you’re in the Tokyo-Chiba-Ibaraki-Saitama-Kanagawa area is wholesaler Hanamasa (Japanese-only link to store list – http://www.hanamasa.co.jp/company/sm/sm-list.html ) which operates several open-to-the-public storefronts. They specialize in meats but also carry an extensive array of imported goods (like chips and salsa!), as well as frozen goods, dairy items, and several industrial-sized canned goodies, etc.

100-yen stores were mentioned in the Tofu Soap Dish entry (Thomas, you’re that far away from a 100 yen store?) but they’re definitely worth a look as well. Circle K-Sunkus operates a chain in Tokyo called 99 Ichiba that I visit frequently to stock up on atsuage (fried tofu) and 99-yen packages of frozen vegetables. 99 yen! The supermarket across the street charges almost 4 times that much.

Hope this helps, and keep up the great work!

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