Grocery Prices in Japan

Curious about how much things cost in Japan? Here are a few prices collected from a few large-size supermarkets in Izumi and Kawachinagano cities (Osaka).

Japanese Prices

Item	Amount	Yen Price	U.S.Dollar Price	Comments
White Bread	6-slice package	117	$1.07	Regular Price for inexpensive store-brand bread. Expensive white bread (6 slices) was about 181 yen ($1.65) at the time of this writing. Bread is usually sold in 4 to 6 slice packages
Eggs	10	214	$1.95	10 eggs (Smallest size U.S.). Loss leader eggs are sometimes on sale for 100 yen
Whole Milk	1 liter (.9qt)	246	$2.24	Regular price, Morinaga Brand
Morinaga Sliced Cheese (Pkg of 7 slices)	126gm (4.4oz.)	213	$1.94	Regular Price
Cabbage	1 head	170	$1.55	Regular Price
Hamburger (beef and pork mixture)	200gm (7 oz.)	291	$2.65	Regular Price
Bacon	156g (5.5 oz)	166	$2.16	Store Brand (very thinly sliced bacon)
Cucumber	1 cucumber	41	$0.37	On sale
Tomatoes	1 (about 3" diameter)	95	$0.87	Domestic (Kumamoto Prefecture)
Irish Potatoes	1	51	$0.47	New crop. Small (about 3" long)
Tofu	1 pack (350g, 12.3oz)	106	$0.97	Store brand. Tofu is usually between 52 to 84 yen ( for a half-size pack of about 320 - 350g)
Spanish Onions	1	62	$0.57	Medium size.
Fresh Chicken Breast (1)	300gm (10.6 oz)	253	$2.30	Domestic, regular price.
Mayonnaise	350gm (12.3oz)	213	$1.94	Domestic. Kewpie brand.
Kirin Lager Beer	1 case (24 - 350ml cans)	4564	$47.07	Ichiban Shibori label
Rice from Japan	10kg (22 lbs)	3050	$27.83	Regular Koshi-hikari rice.
Broccoli	1	171	$1.56	From the US.
Bean Sprouts	1 package	41	$0.37	Regular Price.
Carrots	4	214	$1.95	Regular price
Lettuce	1 head	170	$1.55	Domestic, still in season.
Beef Block, Thigh Cut	240gm (7 oz)	725	$6.62	From Australia

All items are domestic unless otherwise noted. The 8% National Sales Tax has been included in the product prices and U.S. dollar conversion done at 109.59 JPY to 1 U.S. dollar. Brand names are listed solely for the sake of information. No endorsements are intended.

We will be adding to and making changes to this list from time to time so be sure to check back if you're interested. Prices were collected during the 3rd week of May 2019.

Note: Vegetable prices are about average for this time of year. Beef prices are fairly steady, with many customers opting for domestic beef or that imported from Australia. U.S. beef is on the market, but some shoppers still shun it because of BSE worries. Rice prices are about average for the season.

Consumer confidence in foods imported from China is still low due to their past record of using illegal pesticides, shipping foods contaminated with bacteria and other irregularities. Most supermarkets have increased the number of domestic products as well as those from countries having good reputations for food safety and the number of Chinese products being carried hasn't recovered to anywhere near where it was before the poison dumpling scare many years ago.

In spite of the seemingly high prices of food when converted to US dollars, there has been a great deal of resizing with regard to Japanese foods in order to make prices appear within their old ranges. Flour products, vegetable oils and a few other items have increased, but on the whole, prices remain relatively low.