What Life Costs in Japan 🇯🇵 | Grocery Haul & Simple Japanese Meals at Home
Hi! I'm Tuma, a Japanese woman living in Tohoku, Japan.
Enjoying the solo life. 🇯🇵
Weekly grocery run. Budget: 3,000 yen. Final total: well… the snacks won. 🛒
Salmon takikomi gohan and nameko miso soup — a simple meal that still fills the heart.
I hope you enjoy browsing a Japanese supermarket with me — come shop for the week together!
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▶ RECIPE
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🍚 Salmon & Shimeji Takikomi Gohan
Ingredients (2 servings)
・Rice — 2 cups
・Soy sauce — 1.5 tbsp
・Mirin — 1.5 tbsp
・Sake — 1.5 tbsp
・Granulated Japanese dashi — 5g
・Shimeji mushrooms — 100g
・Boneless salmon — 3 pieces
・Shiso — to taste, chopped
・White sesame — to taste
Instructions
① Wash rice. Add soy sauce, mirin, sake, and dashi. Add water to the 2-cup line and mix.
② Place shimeji mushrooms and salmon on top.
③ Cook on the regular white rice setting.
④ Scatter chopped shiso and white sesame on top to serve.
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🍵 Nameko Miso Soup
Ingredients (1 serving)
・Nameko mushrooms — as needed
・Aburaage — 1 piece, cut into pieces
・Granulated Japanese dashi — 2 tsp
・Miso — to taste
Instructions
① Add nameko, aburaage, and dashi to water and simmer until cooked through.
② Dissolve miso and serve.
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