Study in Economics

 This past week I had the opportunity to visit the Seattle area and made a stop at Whole Foods where I saw this particular beer from Japan.

The beer on the left is Aooni, a craft beer from Yo-Ho brewery in Nagano.  At Whole foods it was on sale for $4.99, which on this day was approximately 815 Yen.  

A few days later in Japan, the same beer was available at a grocery store for 288 Yen or about $1.92.

I was surprised just how expensive everything in the US was, $4.99 was a lot for a can of beer but it was not really priced that much above other local Seattle brands like Rainier or Fremont.  Not sure this post really has a point, but the cost of beer is like the early 2000's in the US.  You can't really compare the cost of Asahi or Sapporo because those beers in the US don't come from Japan.  They are made in Canada or somewhere else.  But this Aooni in the US and Japan comes from the same brewery. 

Anyway, Aooni is a good IPA, if you are in the US and near a Whole Foods, try it out.