Same product ... different prices.
Most products are cheaper in Japan than the US but especially imported products can be twice as much expensive in Japan.
Japanese people depends on the government a lot. And government keep increasing the taxes to meet those demands. It is amazing how people accept those tax increases. But people are will controlled.
I cooked Japanese curry using pressure cooker.
I put everything (meat, vegetables, brown rice and curry blocks) in one pot and have it cooed fir 16 minutes.
It turned out great.
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