4/17 Costa Mesa Japanese Supermarkets

I use to go to Mitsuwa and Marukai in Costa Mesa, CA all the time. In fact, I had a lot of experience with Japanese food before learning the language. I thought somethings were expensive, but not that bad. After living in Japan I've realized how expensive things are.

Pet bottles of tea or coffee are about $2.25
Mochi is like $10.
Small bottles of Kewpie mayo were $2.

But somethings were insane.

Japanese brand tissues. 5 boxes for $6.

Yebisu 6-pack $19

And... not so insane but,

Calpis is called Calpico in the US.