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Price of rice in Japan falls below ¥4k per 5kg

(www.japantimes.co.jp)
126 points PaulHoule | 4 comments | 30 Jun 25 19:54 UTC | HN request time: 1.937s | source
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jmpman ◴[30 Jun 25 21:24 UTC] No.44428040[source]▶
I can buy rice at Costco in the US for $25 for 50lbs, which is equivalent to 854 yen for 5KG. A bit less than 1/4 the cost of Japanese grown rice.
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1. tomcam ◴[30 Jun 25 23:12 UTC] No.44428915[source]▶
Can someone tell me why a statement of fact is being downvoted? I am genuinely puzzled.
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2. y-curious ◴[30 Jun 25 23:40 UTC] No.44429100[source]▶
Because the poster's tone implies that American Calrose rice is inedible vs the superior Japanese rice. That's simply not true, and a bit reductionist.
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3. tomcam ◴[01 Jul 25 04:01 UTC] No.44430478[source]▶
Is this the comment you are referring to? I can’t find any such implications. Maybe it was edited?

    I can buy rice at Costco in the US for $25 for 50lbs, which is equivalent to 854 yen for 5KG. A bit less than 1/4 the cost of Japanese grown rice.
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4. jmpman ◴[02 Jul 25 06:28 UTC] No.44440767{3}[source]▶
I also wasn’t following. I primarily eat US rice. The marginally better rice from Japan I might buy if I’m going to make sushi at home, but that’s just because I’d be investing so much time and energy already, might as well spend a few bucks more on a slightly better rice.