A thread on 5ch reported that the price of 10kg of rice has finally dropped to ¥4,000. While some residents who remember paying under ¥2,000 for 5kg grumbled “still too expensive” and “I won’t buy until it’s under ¥2,000,” many others pointed out that during the price spike they switched their staple food to bread or noodles, suggesting the shift away from rice may have become permanent.
Time to eat rice like crazy!
Buying it for a third of last year's price? What a deal.
Still too expensive
Not buying until it's under ¥2,000
Not buying until it's under ¥2,000
>>4
Guess you'll be eating bread or noodles for the rest of your life
Guess you'll be eating bread or noodles for the rest of your life
>>4
Just eat some triple-aged rice then (kokokomai — rice held in storage for 3+ years)
Just eat some triple-aged rice then (kokokomai — rice held in storage for 3+ years)
Used to buy in bulk for a discount, paying ¥2,500-3,000, but I barely eat rice these days so a 10kg bag just ends up getting bugs in it.
Would be nice if this became a lesson that jacking prices up sneakily gets you punished
Everything's so expensive lately
Everything's so expensive lately
Wasn't it around ¥1,000 for 5kg?
>>11
Pretty sure it was around ¥1,500
Pretty sure it was around ¥1,500
Hope the "consumption tax" price hikes go the same way
What's spilled can't be put back in the tray (i.e. there's no undoing it)
Even with price cuts, people who've drifted away from rice won't come back so easily
Even with price cuts, people who've drifted away from rice won't come back so easily
The staple's shifted to noodles and bread, right?
Rice is probably under 30% of meals now?
Rice is probably under 30% of meals now?
There can't be many Japanese people who are truly satisfied with just noodles and bread
I've been eating pasta, soba, and udon more often
and looking up recipes has expanded my repertoire too
and looking up recipes has expanded my repertoire too
I'll buy it once no-rinse rice (musenmai, pre-washed rice) hits ¥1,500
I live alone so I always buy 5kg bags
but even at the high end it needs to drop to around ¥2,200
but even at the high end it needs to drop to around ¥2,200
Curious to see if convenience store rice balls actually get cheaper too
Do people living alone just not buy 10kg bags?
Seaweed (nori) is crazy expensive right now too
Wonder why
Wonder why
The Meteorological Agency started saying a big earthquake was likely soon, panic-buying of rice kicked off, and prices shot up insanely
The reason for the price spike is that the harvest was small
Back in elementary school I used to get sent to the local supermarket to buy rice, and 10kg was ¥3,600 back then
Hurry up and drop the price on microwave rice packs too
Bought 10kg of blended rice for ¥3,000 at the end of last month
Cheaper brand-name rice used to run around ¥2,000 for 5kg
and blended rice was under ¥1,500
Either way, cooking rice at home has become such a hassle that I've decided rice is only for eating out now lol
and blended rice was under ¥1,500
Either way, cooking rice at home has become such a hassle that I've decided rice is only for eating out now lol
Retailers only need to discount it a little and there are idiots who'll still buy it, so it hasn't dropped that much
Well, I'm fine as long as it gets back to the price level from a few years ago
I'll still eat it when dining out with people
I'll still eat it when dining out with people
>>40
It's done as a staple food
It's done as a staple food
Now that rice prices are down, the restaurant industry's due for a wave of price cuts too, right?
If they don't lower prices after rice got cheaper, people are going to be furious
If they don't lower prices after rice got cheaper, people are going to be furious
>>51
If the consumption tax on groceries drops to 1%, fewer customers are expected to eat out, so restaurants probably won't cut prices
If the consumption tax on groceries drops to 1%, fewer customers are expected to eat out, so restaurants probably won't cut prices
With demand for Japanese food rising abroad, aren't they going to export it?
>>69
Dull palates abroad probably can't appreciate how good Japanese rice tastes
Dull palates abroad probably can't appreciate how good Japanese rice tastes
The government should just buy back the stockpiled rice it released
>>80
No need for that
It's just the fault of the idiots who bought up almost all the stockpile rice at auction and hoarded it
No need for that
It's just the fault of the idiots who bought up almost all the stockpile rice at auction and hoarded it
>>80
I'll buy it to secure stockpile rice whether they tell me to or not
I'll buy it to secure stockpile rice whether they tell me to or not
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hello!Project) thread “10kg of Rice Finally Drops to ¥4,000”.
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