My wife loves sashimi, and has gotten very good at getting the best deals.
Most Japanese supermarkets will start stickering at a set time each evening. We went to one Shibuya market where they markdown throughout the day. The shorter shelf life products are on the shelves for a couple or three hours, then they are off 10%, then20%…
This package was stickered down twice already to 50%. I’d had whale sashimi in restaurants before and did not particularly care for the taste. This sashimi was very good, very clean flavor. Almost like a beef tartare.
Wife could not want to wait and gamble on a deeper discount on these choice items, so secured her late night snack at “only” 30% off.
Fruits and perishable groceries get the discount treatment also.
We had a rare luxury of a tiny kitchenette in our Shinjuku hotel room. Stocked up and enjoyed a feast on mostly discounted items.
10 strawberries at USD$15??? Even at 30%, no thank you.
Back home, we would never look at discounted perishables. In Japan, difficult story.
