Comments on: The Japanese Love Affair With Packaging

By: Think Your Grocery Bill Is High? | the.[ED]ition

Think Your Grocery Bill Is High? | the.[ED]ition — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 06:18:21 +0000

[...] a single melon for 21000Y (~$210). They’re sold as gifts in boxes that are probably excessively wrapped…and that one probably isn’t the most expensive one [...]

By: Because You Never Know When You’ll Need Pants | the.[ED]ition

Because You Never Know When You’ll Need Pants | the.[ED]ition — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:00:52 +0000

[...] of pants at that time of night. However, I also thought that there’s no way someone would wrap my 100Y dessert in 325931Y worth of packaging or that I would eat raw chicken on purpose. I guess that’s just [...]

By: Street Fighter IV Out In Arcades…in Japan | the.[ED]ition

Street Fighter IV Out In Arcades…in Japan | the.[ED]ition — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 02:29:53 +0000

[...] Carl made it to the last guy with a single credit but as it is here in Japan or most other Asia countries, a week is enough time for a serious nerd player to master everything about it and he promptly had his ass handed to him in a neatly taped up bag. [...]

By: slif

slif — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:35:18 +0000

yeah that’s how the japanese have always done it – haven’t you noticed the japanese stuff they sell in yaohan? it’s absolutely ridiculous!

By: Ed Lau

Ed Lau — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:07:46 +0000

That’s just not done in Japan, though.

By: Thrifty

Thrifty — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:47:24 +0000

Well thats some serious packaging for such a small purchase!!! Ha ha ha

By: Eva White

Eva White — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:41:15 +0000

I think you should have pointed to it and to your open mouth. Maybe then she would have got the hint that you wanted to eat it not hold it.