>>612934
I've watched his videos before and laughed my bum off at him.
Anyway, here's his shortest video:
https://youtu.be/G1__PxzYusI
"Dreamcrusher: Prepare for near starvation in Japan"
Wow, isn't that a dramatic title? I'm overweight but I shouldn't be because apparently I'm starving.
Food is slightly more expensive here depending on the kind of food you're buying, but if you're earning enough to have a work visa, you should be able to afford ample food.
Ryan shows some food that he bought for lunch at the 7-Eleven. He complains about how small the portions are.
First of all, 7-Eleven isn't a real store. It's a conbini, a convenience store. You're paying for convenience, saving you walking further to a real store. You're not just buying the product. It's the same as in America or anywhere else. That's the entire point of convenience stores. The products in a conbini will be more expensive than if you bought food you prepare yourself, and the portions will be smaller. You should go to a restaurant, order your food to your door through the Coop Deli, or go to a real grocery store if you want a real meal. And the Coop and grocery store have the benefit of actually being affordable compared to a convenience store or a restaurant.
Worse, he shows this half sandwich. You can also buy full packaged sandwiches at 7-Eleven as well as sandwiches on brown bread with crusts, both about two to three times the size of the entry-level one that he showed. I can go to the Lawson's right now and show comparable ones, but 7-11 has better ones. The kind that he bought are disgusting (the Japanese have different tastes) and are the skimpiest he could have bought. I think he deliberately purchased that kind just for the sake of the video, for exaggerating how bad the packaged conbini food is. You can also get things like counter chicken at the conbini that will fill you up, but it's a convenience store. You shouldn't eat that food. I wouldn't eat the counter food at a convenient store back home.
He says things like,
>You're not going to get enough calories here, you're going to get cranky
This is ridiculous. If you need more calories just eat more. If you can't afford to buy more food, stop shopping at a conbini, and buy cheaper food. When I first came here I was totally broke for two months. I bought a huge bag of rice and a rice cooker for my last $40 altogether. I didn't starve, even though I was flat broke. When I got my first paycheck I started shopping at Costco and the grocery store and I've been hauling huge amounts of food home ever since. I also have a Coop membership and I can order big cases of food right to my door every week. Personally I don't care for rice but Japanese eat a bowl of it with every meal. It's cheap as heck.
I can't imagine why someone would eat every meal out of a convenience store, or why anyone would never think to check out an actual grocery store and buy meals there instead. It boggles my mind.
No, I'm not starving. I'm nowhere near starvation. This video is a joke. Japanese drink portions in restaurants are way too small in my opinion but there's a cultural-historical reason for that, and most places have drink bars so I just fill up two glasses instead of one. Easy fix. Other than that the food portions are perfectly adequate.
This guy is a joke. There are downsides to life in Japan but he doesn't even focus on the actual ones. It's just whining.