> The fruit and veg tend to be larger The natural size of the fruit/vegetables here are exaggerated when you go to a normal supermarket. Chain supermarkets onl

> The fruit and veg tend to be larger The natural size of the fruit/vegetables here are exaggerated when you go to a normal supermarket. Chain supermarkets only sell visually appealing fruits and vegetables. Throwbacks go into juices, restaurants, and B-grade supermarkets, where you can buy a 5 kilo bag of "misshaped" carrots for a few hundred yen. The taste also seems to be standardized. For example, I prefer the carrots you can buy in the US to those you find in Japan. Japanese supermarket variety carrots have a much milder flavor than those I've had in other countries. Standardization is a key word in Japanese society ensuring a certain type of quality at a cost.