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[–] 2 points 12 hours ago (3 children)

you might spend a small fortune on a couple of strawberries

Isn't that mostly because their farms are so far behind and producing such low volumes that they can only survive with artisanal hand picked/whatever products

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  • [–] 11 points 11 hours ago* (2 children)

    Looking it up, while the high-end gift fruits are insanely expensive (hundreds of dollars), regular fruit seems to be widely available and costs the equivalent of a dollar or two. So it's more expensive than in Western countries, but not exorbitantly so. They also tend to be unnaturally unblemished even on the low end.

    I wonder how much produce gets thrown away due to a single bruise or spot. I'm hoping it gets turned into drinks or purée for desserts or something instead.

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  • [–] 6 points 11 hours ago (1 child)

    Anything that grows out of the ground is expensive in Japan in general, so it's not just the strawberries. You can easily get a situation when making food at home where a simple vegetable salad is as expensive as the rest of the meal combined.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 hours ago

    I bought a $5 apple for the kids when we visited. Damn fine apple. Bought one for me too because I got jealous. Made me actually appreciate fruit for what it is; rather than something bruised, brown, and taken for granted.

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