Wal?? of Japan
Ok, not sure if I’ve written about this before, or if I just have thought about it before. There is a store nearby called Seiyu. It is a pretty big grocery store / department store, bigger than most stores I’ve been to in Japan. But the most surprising thing I saw while there was this:
In fact I saw a lot of Great Value brand products throughout the store. So someone quickly do some research and let me know if Wal-Mart owns Seiyu, or has some form of partnership here 
I am actually quite curious as to their relationship. Although the prices are decent here, we actually found another food store that is cheaper and closer. In these down economic times one must stretch every Yen as far as it will go!
One of my friends asked me to post more often, and to add an image to every post. I think there isn’t much chance of both of those occurring - I just don’t have the time. But at least I posted a photo today, so hope you enjoy Jim 
June 17th, 2009 at 10:32 am
I\’ve searched it up, Wal-Mart actually owns Seiyu grocery stores.
June 17th, 2009 at 10:38 am
Wow, now that is a speedy answer
Better than google!!
June 17th, 2009 at 12:17 pm
Yes, as fast as I like. I know you take a lot of pictures, mostly of food, so just post at least 1 per post. Easy stuff man, appeals to the visual thinking among us!
Cool stuff, I wonder if walmart just bought a franchise out that way, or if they started that store from scratch.
I’m sure I”ll know before the end of the day.
June 17th, 2009 at 7:33 pm
the gears in the great internet machine are still turning…
June 19th, 2009 at 1:38 pm
So what is that thing on the pic?? And did you ever find out if walmart just bought a franchise out that way, or if they started that store from scratch? Like your friend Will was asking, hehe. He asked but he never answered his own question!
June 19th, 2009 at 11:48 pm
Those are bottles of tea. Not sure about the question, perhaps i’ll write about it again this week.