I haven’t really looked on Amazon but miss the massive selection of hummus at American supermarkets.
Licorice. Nowhere to be found except at crazy prices from scalpers on Mercari etc
Weed
OP, agree with you on the Chobani / selection of yogurt (esp in US supermarkets).
I also want the variety of roll sushis (not the futomakis and the tekkamakis and the ones you see at sushi places here, but the fun ones like rainbow rolls and ichirolls and the spider rolls).
Don’t get me wrong, I love my sushis here, but there’s something about these about these rolls…
Kiełbasa jałowcowa
Reese’s and Twix 😭
Warhammer miniatures that aren’t at at 250% markup
cartons of low-fat greek yogurt and cottage cheese, liquid egg whites, bean pasta, lean ground beef, more low-carb foods….
Lamb Doner Kebab
Recently it’s hard to find ‘peanuts only’ peanut butter for a reasonable price
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Sunbites Grain Waves.
Trader Joe’s misc items
Cinnamon Toast Crunch and Kraft dinner
Really good south American food outside of major cities? Good. Luck.
Brown breads aka whole grain breads.
York Peppermint Patties
Hatch green chili enchilada sauce
Haggis
Giant tubs of Greek Yoghurt & Cheap Fruit, was my go to meal back in the US
Nando’s hot sauce
Pizza that isn’t overpriced miniature artisan garbage. Choccy milk
Egg nog
Tostones
Fish and chips that aren’t whatever the hell Japan calls fish and chips
Gallons of milk for like $3
Those shitty eggs that come in boxes of 60 for like $5
Zero calorie 21g protein/cup oikos Greek yogurt
Peanut butter that comes in a drum size.
I’ve never managed to find Ajvar in Japan.
Flammin’ Hot Cheetos
Fresh Serrano chile peppers.
Pickles, in all their various shapes and forms.
Cold cut/sandwich meats, really just big italian sandwiches.
Chinese supermarket brand soy milk.
Ranch dressing
British chocolate, branston pickle,brown sauce. Decent bacon sandwiches.
Biscuits are basically nonexistent over here.
Although, I love that I can buy Lotus Biscoff over here!
love 🙁
Mezcal
Mince pies. Like, christmas mince pies. That and golden syrup are my top two, probably. I’ve seen both of these sold in Kaldi maybe once or twice in my time here in Japan (12 years), but it could just be because I live further out in the sticks, so I dunno.
I would’ve also said gravy but I can get gravy now on amazon, it’s more expensive per gram than in the UK, but I can at least get it now. Still wish KFC did gravy over here, though.
Reasonably priced deodorant and shampoo.
Even the absolute cheapest roll-on deodorant here is like 500 yen a stick. I know it’s about supply/demand etc but still you get one for a pound in England.
Same goes for shampoo. There seems to be “bargain” matsukiyo own brand stuff and then you shoot up to the tsubaki and other outrgaeously priced stuff – no I’m not paying 2000 yen for a bit of shampoo. Seriously in England even the “good stuff” would be maximum a fiver in the supermarkets.
Proper cottage cheese. Like a big ‘ol tub of Umpqua. A little salt and a shit ton of black pepper mmmm!
Coming from the uk, squash: it’s not fruit juice, it’s fruit juice water flavouring. it’s virtually zero calories and has zero texture, nothing tastes like it.
Here’s a tip – start an American Amazon account as the US version ships to Japan, and depending on your home country conversions might actually work out cheaper based on sales including shipping.
I recently found a Garmin watch drastically cheaper than my home country, was offered to be charged in my countries currency, is not sold in Japan and it included tax and shipping!
It arrives next week 😁
Kerry gold Irish butter. It’s honestly all I want
Blocks of velveeta cheese.
Lol I’m almost tempted to sponsee some of you onto the airforce base so y’all can get your Ben and Jerry’s , candy and hummus fix 😂😂
Edit : sponsor
– Worcestershire sauce (I know you can get it, but I’m sick of paying through the nose for it)
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Ben and Jerry’s exists in Japan.
Poutine
I haven’t really looked on Amazon but miss the massive selection of hummus at American supermarkets.
Licorice. Nowhere to be found except at crazy prices from scalpers on Mercari etc
Weed
OP, agree with you on the Chobani / selection of yogurt (esp in US supermarkets).
I also want the variety of roll sushis (not the futomakis and the tekkamakis and the ones you see at sushi places here, but the fun ones like rainbow rolls and ichirolls and the spider rolls).
Don’t get me wrong, I love my sushis here, but there’s something about these about these rolls…
Kiełbasa jałowcowa
Reese’s and Twix 😭
Warhammer miniatures that aren’t at at 250% markup
cartons of low-fat greek yogurt and cottage cheese, liquid egg whites, bean pasta, lean ground beef, more low-carb foods….
Lamb Doner Kebab
Recently it’s hard to find ‘peanuts only’ peanut butter for a reasonable price
[deleted]
Sunbites Grain Waves.
Trader Joe’s misc items
Cinnamon Toast Crunch and Kraft dinner
Really good south American food outside of major cities? Good. Luck.
Brown breads aka whole grain breads.
York Peppermint Patties
Hatch green chili enchilada sauce
Haggis
Giant tubs of Greek Yoghurt & Cheap Fruit, was my go to meal back in the US
Nando’s hot sauce
Pizza that isn’t overpriced miniature artisan garbage.
Choccy milk
Egg nog
Tostones
Fish and chips that aren’t whatever the hell Japan calls fish
and chips
Gallons of milk for like $3
Those shitty eggs that come in boxes of 60 for like $5
Zero calorie 21g protein/cup oikos Greek yogurt
Peanut butter that comes in a drum size.
I’ve never managed to find Ajvar in Japan.
Flammin’ Hot Cheetos
Fresh Serrano chile peppers.
Pickles, in all their various shapes and forms.
Cold cut/sandwich meats, really just big italian sandwiches.
Chinese supermarket brand soy milk.
Ranch dressing
British chocolate, branston pickle,brown sauce. Decent bacon sandwiches.
Biscuits are basically nonexistent over here.
Although, I love that I can buy Lotus Biscoff over here!
love 🙁
Mezcal
Mince pies. Like, christmas mince pies. That and golden syrup are my top two, probably. I’ve seen both of these sold in Kaldi maybe once or twice in my time here in Japan (12 years), but it could just be because I live further out in the sticks, so I dunno.
I would’ve also said gravy but I can get gravy now on amazon, it’s more expensive per gram than in the UK, but I can at least get it now. Still wish KFC did gravy over here, though.
Reasonably priced deodorant and shampoo.
Even the absolute cheapest roll-on deodorant here is like 500 yen a stick. I know it’s about supply/demand etc but still you get one for a pound in England.
Same goes for shampoo. There seems to be “bargain” matsukiyo own brand stuff and then you shoot up to the tsubaki and other outrgaeously priced stuff – no I’m not paying 2000 yen for a bit of shampoo. Seriously in England even the “good stuff” would be maximum a fiver in the supermarkets.
Proper cottage cheese. Like a big ‘ol tub of Umpqua. A little salt and a shit ton of black pepper mmmm!
Coming from the uk, squash: it’s not fruit juice, it’s fruit juice water flavouring. it’s virtually zero calories and has zero texture, nothing tastes like it.
Here’s a tip – start an American Amazon account as the US version ships to Japan, and depending on your home country conversions might actually work out cheaper based on sales including shipping.
I recently found a Garmin watch drastically cheaper than my home country, was offered to be charged in my countries currency, is not sold in Japan and it included tax and shipping!
It arrives next week 😁
Kerry gold Irish butter. It’s honestly all I want
Blocks of velveeta cheese.
Lol I’m almost tempted to sponsee some of you onto the airforce base so y’all can get your Ben and Jerry’s , candy and hummus fix 😂😂
Edit : sponsor
– Worcestershire sauce (I know you can get it, but I’m sick of paying through the nose for it)
– decent tea bags (same as above)
– HobNobs biscuits
– gravy/onion/bread/mint sauce
Three guesses where I’m from, lol
Bisto Gravy.
Decent whitening toothpaste.
A decent goddamned sandwich
good Mexican food