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jmpman ◴[] 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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apeescape ◴[] No.44428732[source]
Isn't Japanese rice pretty different to Costco rice? Genuine question.
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1. numpad0 ◴[] No.44429102[source]
Speculating from online comments around it and from looking at bags of Calrose rice, they seem to be few decades behind in cultivation techniques and selective breeding improvements. The grains look smaller, less shiny and more yellowy. but technically they should be of the same strain.