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Where/when to find cheap nuts? Extra sharp aged white cheddar?

I’m up in Iwate near Morioka, so unfortunately I can’t find those Tokyo deals.

When I first got here last year, I found a bag of mixed nuts (on sale at GEO of all places) that was about 1yen/gram or less and contained no peanuts. If I had known what a needle-in-a-haystack score that was, I would have bought out their entire stock.

Some of the costco theads mention nuts, but don’t talk about the price/g. And since the nearest Costco is a 6.5 hour round trip, I can’t just drop in and check. I know they also have good cheese prices, but don’t know about extra shape aged white.

I’ve managed without cheese for half a year, but would love to start an annual tradition where I spend a couple weeks getting absolutely sick of it . I definitely want to stock up on nuts though.

EDIT: My usual stores are Gyomu, COOP, TRIAL, and sometimes JOIS. And nuts are almost always far above 2yen/gram there.

EDIT 2: Not that I expect to get anything close to these prices, but things that I considered a rare (couple times a year) splurge back in the US: Rosted Cashews at 2.5lbs for $14 (~1100g for ~1800￥), Extra Sharp White Cheddar Cheese at 2lbs for $9 (~900g for ~1200￥).

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  2. Have your tried deeze nuts?

    I’m sorry I couldn’t help myself. I would try Costco.com Also if there is a farmers market perhaps? There was a night market I saw once that sold various nuts. That’s in Matsumoto though not cause to you.

  5. We mixed nuts at the local supermkt. (but we get the type _without_ peanuts) If you get into morioka now and then, I’d guess they’re available. Also, google “Yamaya Morioka” for locations there–they’ll have lots of nuts/tsumami, including cheap peanuts. their cheese tends to be cheaper than regular places, but if you want special cheddars, you’ll need a fat wallet.

  6. Good nut price for walnuts or almonds is 2000¥/kg, 2500¥/kg for Cashews when online shopping (I buy on Mercari or Amazon).
    Supermarkets tend to be more expensive and Costco is not cheap at all.

    Gyomu super had some goid cheese (aged cheddar, purple packaging), but it disappeared from the shelves at least in our area.
    I think that‘s the same brand as the Costco cheddar cheese.

  9. sorry but you’ll have to do without good deals for extra sharp cheese.
    good deal+good cheese=not in japan. it doesn’t co-exist here.
    if you’ll be lucky enough to find good cheese, get it as a treat.
    nuts- the best realistic and reliable
    option that can be found is 2yen a gram at amazon and count yourself lucky.

  10. I just checked on Amazon Japan. There’s an Amazon or Amazon-approved brand Happy Belly selling 1.0 kg of walnuts for JPY 2001.

    That being said, if you search enough, I found deals like 2 x 500g walnuts for JPY1,379 ( *生クルミ 1kg （500gx2パック）カリフォルニア産 LHP 　(無添加、無塩)* ) – albeit with shipping around JPY650. Or this *カリフォルニア産 生クルミ LHP (無添加、無塩) 1kgパック* which is 1 kg of walnut for JPY 1680, shipping included.

    Probably the same for other nuts like almonds or seeds like cashews.

    With almonds, there’s always the issue of minor contamination with wild almonds and minute amounts of hydrogen cyanide – especially if the almonds are raw. The easy solution is degassing them by roasting them or opting for the roasted version. (I really really wanted to say “roast your nuts”)

  11. For sharp English cheddar from the UK you can order from the HobGoblin website.

    Its good, but it ain’t cheap.

  12. Cheapest place I’ve managed to find decent nuts is actually Rakuten of all places.

    A few shops do 850g bags of mixed cashews, almonds and walnuts for around 1600yen, which is about as good as you’re going to get.

    If you add in Rakuten points and campaigns, you can cut 10+% off that price pretty easily in points back.

  14. Have you tried an aeon associated store?

    I get my mixed nuts from them and it’s only ¥108

    Theflyingpig.com

  15. Not sure if available where you are, but I have been buying our nuts at a very reasonable price at LOPIA supermarket. Gyomu is my primary supermarket, but Lopia is the best for meat and nuts for us (the bad side is they only accept cash and I like to pay everything with credit card to get points)

  17. Most of the supermarkets around here sell cans or bags of mixed nuts. The import store Kaldi also has them, if there’s one in your area.

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