I’ll go first. Pizza in Japan is an astronomically expensive luxury food. Hmm… how come I can get enough pizza for four with a side dish for 4,000 yen delivered by one of the big players? And if I pick it up myself I can get 50% off!
Which pizza chain store sells you enough pizza for 4 people and a side dish for 2000 yen pickup?
I don’t think it’s so much of a factor in recent years, but traditionally, delivered pizza from the large chain stores like Pizza Hut was pretty expensive compared to all the other options available.
I can remember wondering why Pizza Hut cost 3000 yen for a delivered large pizza when I could go to an Italian restaurant and order a wood-fired pizza for less than 1000 yen.
Of course most people who order from the chains use some kind of coupon. I don’t think I’ve ever gotten it for more than half price.
There are plenty of places around where you can get pizza for much less than that.
It’s just that for about 20 dollars back home I can get two large pizzas and a box of chicken and jojos
Bruh, I can get a pizza for 4 people for 1660 yen back home lmao
If you think pizza in Japan is cheap then pizza in your home country is just expensive too
Lmao this post thread just turned into a pizza thread
The Japanese people at my company complain far more about faxing than the foreigners.
Japanese people are far more racist than Americans.
For 4000 I can feed four people for the whole day in my home country.
Pizza has been this expensive in Japan for the last 20 years, so the gap between prices here and in western countries was huge. Obviously the gap isn’t as wide as it once was, but pizza chains in Japan are still crap. They are very stingy with toppings compared to my country.
Japanese ppl only want to speak English to them.
You just played yourself. Delivery pizza here is dire and overpriced. Why even bother, it’s so easy to make yourself and there are so many other delicious foods.
“Japanese people drive safely.”
Yeah, the good old 安全運転 myth. People change lanes/turn without turn signal, suddenly stop for no reason, ignore pedestrians who want to cross the street…
man what i am deep in inaka and can get legitimately good Neapolitan pizza for like ¥1200 ¥4000 for Domino’s is dire
I don’t know if you all are aware but if you download the Domino’s coupon app they have a half off pick-up coupon. Use that coupon on the “Big new Yorker” and it’s like ¥2100, that’s for the sausage pepperoni too. It’s a HUGE pizza
I make my own pizza in Japan and it is far cheaper and better than any of the chain deliveries!
But, it is still “Japanese pizza” because a) I make it in Japan in my Japan kitchen for my Japan family, b) from Japanese ingredients, and c) my favorite protein topping is teriyaki chicken. 💥
I was in the States his summer. Got four large pizzas for that price. And they were actually large. And didn’t taste like shit like Dominos.
My contribution: Size 28 (etc.) feet are large and it’s impossible to find shoes in stores here to shod them.
Enough for four? What are you? Smurfs? The size of a L here is an American S.
Nobody will sit next to me on the train, I do not know if this a fact, but I do often feel like asking the people sitting next if they know they are ruining a decades old myth.
French here, i was always told that japan was more expensive except for food. Turns out it is more expensive in France.
I was also told trains were expensive, same in France.
I was told fruits were exepnsive, well this one is true except for bananas.
¥4,000 for a pizza IS expensive..
I don’t think I’ve paid more than $20/¥2000 for a large order of pizza (or two meds) and a dessert in the US..
I guess something I find not really true is in my experience I never have an issue finding trash cans. Are ya’ll trash can blind? idk. I never understood why so many people say they can never find a trashcan.
There’s this amazing place that makes great pizzaxtge best pizza in the world, for just ¥100, OP you are just getting screwed lol. /s
TIL that there is some massive gaijin community that discusses pizza prices.
This is just gonna be more of TikTok rant.
But all of these “things that makes sense in Japan” and they show something really unusual and portray it like it’s everyday life. Like the robot serving ice cream or whatever. FUCKING IDIOTS.
Not only that but it’s also made wrong.
Pizza in Japan is like ramen in the US
All this is, is experience comparison. It’s like, aw shit, sushi is so shitty and expensive in *place that’s not japan*. I don’t see the point in this other than venting. Which, if that’s what you’re doing then fine.
The “gaijin gap” on the train has pretty much never happened to me. I have occasionally noticed people sliding away from me once the seat next to them opens up, but 99% of the time it’s an end seat and I think it’s just because they want to sit on the end.
The belief that the police will automatically side with a Japanese national over a foreign national.
It is true that the Japanese native has an initial advantage because of language in many cases, but the cops in recent years have become decidedly more egalitarian, especially with the advent of machine translation.
I was just in Oji and Roccos closes at 22:00 on a Friday… tf?
That fluoridated toothpaste is hard to find. Virtually every toothpaste on the shelf in the drugstore has fluoride. There’s even many high fluoride options. You would have to actively search for one that doesn’t have fluoride.
This post is the best thing since sliced pizza.
Ugh.. you’ve just invited the whole community to play the tedious game of “The thing other people complain about never happened to me, so therefore it must not be real! Because everyone knows all Japanese people are exactly the same and treat all foreigners uniformly!
Let’s take it in a different direction: When I first got here, it got constantly hammered on me that Japanese people are always punctual, and since foreigners are naturally the opposite of Japanese people, I must always be late so I have to change and learn to never be late. And any time I was late back then, it felt like the lateness was being attributed to my foreignness.
So now when I deal with Japanese individuals who are chronically “relaxed” about punctuality, it feels like more of a slight than it actually is. It’s like I’ve been trained to be so on my guard about the clock as a matter of identity that when I see a Japanese person slightly behind schedule, I have this brief moment of feeling betrayed before I remember that they haven’t actually inconvenienced me yet so I don’t actually care.
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Costco pizza, it’s good and it’s cheap. Around ¥1,900 for a pizza. Although, they did just raise the price recently…
Costco still has combo, which is a near perfect American pizza in my opinion, america doesn’t have that anymore.
As for authentic Italian pizza, it’s not hard to find an amazing one for a fair price ( obviously much more expensive than dominoes)
I don’t care for the other Japanese style pizza places here, I’d rather put corn and mayo on my own bread
You should try Reva pizza in hakata instead, the cheapest neapolitan style pizza is 280¥ and these one are really really good. Cheapest pizza I have ever seen in Japan and on top absolutely delicious
Common gaijin myths and tropes:
* Everything that ever happens is rooted in Japan’s fundamental unchanging racism and xenophobia. * Kabukicho is dangerous to walk through. If you have the intelligence of a particularly dim-witted amoeba, you know not to follow a street tout into an underground backstreet bar, and so you’re fine. * Japanese girls love foreign guys. * Japanese girls hate foreign guys. * Japanese guys love foreign girls. * Japanese guys hate foreign girls. * Japanese people are obsessed with how Japan is unique in having four seasons. I haven’t heard this brought up anymore than you’d mention the seasons anywhere else. * The only jobs for foreigners are English teacher and software engineer (those are the most prominent jobs for people with weak Japanese skills, though).
It’s not exactly a myth, but I think a lot of us tend to think of the “gaijin community” as primarily a Western bloc. In reality, something like half of foreign residents are Chinese, a quarter are Korean, and then South Asians, Southeast Asians, Filipinos, etc., are a big chunk of the remainder. Reddit is mostly an English-language site that mostly attracts Westerners, and that’s fine, but we’re a weird sample of the broader reality.
Yes I can use chopsticks and it’s not “Jozu!” or “Sugoi!!”
A lot of these are going to depend on where you live, how you interact with people, etc. So I can’t say these are “not true” for anyone, anywhere but:
1. Japanese don’t sit next to foreigners on trains.
* This has never been a problem for me, but my friends swear it is for them, and I don’t have a reason to doubt them.
2. Train staff shove people into packed trains.
* I’ve been crammed into lots of packed trains, but only by other passengers. Train staff are usually on the sidelines, saying, “Please wait for the next train.” That said, I’ve heard (but can’t confirm) that this happens at suburban stations on major commuter lines.
3. Vending machines sell sketchy stuff.
* I’ve only come across one such machine, and it was in the basement of an adult shop in Akihabara. But some people have this idea that you can find them on regular street corners.
4. Neighbors care if you don’t sort your trash properly, or take it out on the wrong day.
* It really depends on where you live and the trash room / trash pickup situation.
That’s a hot take. Pizza here (even from the big chains) is so much smaller. A domino’s $5.99 medium in the states is bigger than the large here in Japan (except for the New Yorker). The only place you can get a good deal on pizza is CostCo if you’re fortunate enough to have one nearby you.
Pizza is significantly more expensive here.
I was told by others who are from Japan that the pizza is 50% off if you pick it up yourself which I guess is technically true? I was very saddened when I checked the Dominos prices and the pizza is marked up 2x. When you pick up the pizza it’s still cheaper than in America due to currency conversion, but this is just the pizza equivalent to Macy’s pricing.
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I can get a small pizza delivered for 999 yen.
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Which pizza chain store sells you enough pizza for 4 people and a side dish for 2000 yen pickup?
I don’t think it’s so much of a factor in recent years, but traditionally, delivered pizza from the large chain stores like Pizza Hut was pretty expensive compared to all the other options available.
I can remember wondering why Pizza Hut cost 3000 yen for a delivered large pizza when I could go to an Italian restaurant and order a wood-fired pizza for less than 1000 yen.
Of course most people who order from the chains use some kind of coupon. I don’t think I’ve ever gotten it for more than half price.
There are plenty of places around where you can get pizza for much less than that.
It’s just that for about 20 dollars back home I can get two large pizzas and a box of chicken and jojos
Bruh, I can get a pizza for 4 people for 1660 yen back home lmao
If you think pizza in Japan is cheap then pizza in your home country is just expensive too
Lmao this post thread just turned into a pizza thread
The Japanese people at my company complain far more about faxing than the foreigners.
Japanese people are far more racist than Americans.
For 4000 I can feed four people for the whole day in my home country.
Pizza has been this expensive in Japan for the last 20 years, so the gap between prices here and in western countries was huge. Obviously the gap isn’t as wide as it once was, but pizza chains in Japan are still crap. They are very stingy with toppings compared to my country.
Japanese ppl only want to speak English to them.
You just played yourself. Delivery pizza here is dire and overpriced. Why even bother, it’s so easy to make yourself and there are so many other delicious foods.
“Japanese people drive safely.”
Yeah, the good old 安全運転 myth. People change lanes/turn without turn signal, suddenly stop for no reason, ignore pedestrians who want to cross the street…
man what i am deep in inaka and can get legitimately good Neapolitan pizza for like ¥1200 ¥4000 for Domino’s is dire
I don’t know if you all are aware but if you download the Domino’s coupon app they have a half off pick-up coupon. Use that coupon on the “Big new Yorker” and it’s like ¥2100, that’s for the sausage pepperoni too. It’s a HUGE pizza
I make my own pizza in Japan and it is far cheaper and better than any of the chain deliveries!
But, it is still “Japanese pizza” because a) I make it in Japan in my Japan kitchen for my Japan family, b) from Japanese ingredients, and c) my favorite protein topping is teriyaki chicken. 💥
I was in the States his summer. Got four large pizzas for that price. And they were actually large. And didn’t taste like shit like Dominos.
My contribution: Size 28 (etc.) feet are large and it’s impossible to find shoes in stores here to shod them.
Enough for four? What are you? Smurfs? The size of a L here is an American S.
Nobody will sit next to me on the train, I do not know if this a fact, but I do often feel like asking the people sitting next if they know they are ruining a decades old myth.
French here, i was always told that japan was more expensive except for food. Turns out it is more expensive in France.
I was also told trains were expensive, same in France.
I was told fruits were exepnsive, well this one is true except for bananas.
¥4,000 for a pizza IS expensive..
I don’t think I’ve paid more than $20/¥2000 for a large order of pizza (or two meds) and a dessert in the US..
I guess something I find not really true is in my experience I never have an issue finding trash cans. Are ya’ll trash can blind? idk. I never understood why so many people say they can never find a trashcan.
There’s this amazing place that makes great pizzaxtge best pizza in the world, for just ¥100, OP you are just getting screwed lol. /s
TIL that there is some massive gaijin community that discusses pizza prices.
This is just gonna be more of TikTok rant.
But all of these “things that makes sense in Japan” and they show something really unusual and portray it like it’s everyday life.
Like the robot serving ice cream or whatever.
FUCKING IDIOTS.
Not only that but it’s also made wrong.
Pizza in Japan is like ramen in the US
All this is, is experience comparison.
It’s like, aw shit, sushi is so shitty and expensive in *place that’s not japan*.
I don’t see the point in this other than venting. Which, if that’s what you’re doing then fine.
The “gaijin gap” on the train has pretty much never happened to me. I have occasionally noticed people sliding away from me once the seat next to them opens up, but 99% of the time it’s an end seat and I think it’s just because they want to sit on the end.
The belief that the police will automatically side with a Japanese national over a foreign national.
It is true that the Japanese native has an initial advantage because of language in many cases, but the cops in recent years have become decidedly more egalitarian, especially with the advent of machine translation.
I was just in Oji and Roccos closes at 22:00 on a Friday… tf?
That fluoridated toothpaste is hard to find. Virtually every toothpaste on the shelf in the drugstore has fluoride. There’s even many high fluoride options. You would have to actively search for one that doesn’t have fluoride.
This post is the best thing since sliced pizza.
Ugh.. you’ve just invited the whole community to play the tedious game of “The thing other people complain about never happened to me, so therefore it must not be real! Because everyone knows all Japanese people are exactly the same and treat all foreigners uniformly!
Let’s take it in a different direction: When I first got here, it got constantly hammered on me that Japanese people are always punctual, and since foreigners are naturally the opposite of Japanese people, I must always be late so I have to change and learn to never be late. And any time I was late back then, it felt like the lateness was being attributed to my foreignness.
So now when I deal with Japanese individuals who are chronically “relaxed” about punctuality, it feels like more of a slight than it actually is. It’s like I’ve been trained to be so on my guard about the clock as a matter of identity that when I see a Japanese person slightly behind schedule, I have this brief moment of feeling betrayed before I remember that they haven’t actually inconvenienced me yet so I don’t actually care.
.
Costco pizza, it’s good and it’s cheap. Around ¥1,900 for a pizza. Although, they did just raise the price recently…
Costco still has combo, which is a near perfect American pizza in my opinion, america doesn’t have that anymore.
As for authentic Italian pizza, it’s not hard to find an amazing one for a fair price ( obviously much more expensive than dominoes)
I don’t care for the other Japanese style pizza places here, I’d rather put corn and mayo on my own bread
You should try Reva pizza in hakata instead, the cheapest neapolitan style pizza is 280¥ and these one are really really good. Cheapest pizza I have ever seen in Japan and on top absolutely delicious
Common gaijin myths and tropes:
* Everything that ever happens is rooted in Japan’s fundamental unchanging racism and xenophobia.
* Kabukicho is dangerous to walk through. If you have the intelligence of a particularly dim-witted amoeba, you know not to follow a street tout into an underground backstreet bar, and so you’re fine.
* Japanese girls love foreign guys.
* Japanese girls hate foreign guys.
* Japanese guys love foreign girls.
* Japanese guys hate foreign girls.
* Japanese people are obsessed with how Japan is unique in having four seasons. I haven’t heard this brought up anymore than you’d mention the seasons anywhere else.
* The only jobs for foreigners are English teacher and software engineer (those are the most prominent jobs for people with weak Japanese skills, though).
It’s not exactly a myth, but I think a lot of us tend to think of the “gaijin community” as primarily a Western bloc. In reality, something like half of foreign residents are Chinese, a quarter are Korean, and then South Asians, Southeast Asians, Filipinos, etc., are a big chunk of the remainder. Reddit is mostly an English-language site that mostly attracts Westerners, and that’s fine, but we’re a weird sample of the broader reality.
Yes I can use chopsticks and it’s not “Jozu!” or “Sugoi!!”
A lot of these are going to depend on where you live, how you interact with people, etc. So I can’t say these are “not true” for anyone, anywhere but:
1. Japanese don’t sit next to foreigners on trains.
* This has never been a problem for me, but my friends swear it is for them, and I don’t have a reason to doubt them.
2. Train staff shove people into packed trains.
* I’ve been crammed into lots of packed trains, but only by other passengers. Train staff are usually on the sidelines, saying, “Please wait for the next train.” That said, I’ve heard (but can’t confirm) that this happens at suburban stations on major commuter lines.
3. Vending machines sell sketchy stuff.
* I’ve only come across one such machine, and it was in the basement of an adult shop in Akihabara. But some people have this idea that you can find them on regular street corners.
4. Neighbors care if you don’t sort your trash properly, or take it out on the wrong day.
* It really depends on where you live and the trash room / trash pickup situation.
That’s a hot take. Pizza here (even from the big chains) is so much smaller. A domino’s $5.99 medium in the states is bigger than the large here in Japan (except for the New Yorker). The only place you can get a good deal on pizza is CostCo if you’re fortunate enough to have one nearby you.
Pizza is significantly more expensive here.
I was told by others who are from Japan that the pizza is 50% off if you pick it up yourself which I guess is technically true? I was very saddened when I checked the Dominos prices and the pizza is marked up 2x. When you pick up the pizza it’s still cheaper than in America due to currency conversion, but this is just the pizza equivalent to Macy’s pricing.
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