Egg Cartons in Japan

Any American (I can’t speak for other countries) out there would know that eggs come in a dozen (which for anyone who doesn’t know, means a count of 12). Sometimes if you didn’t want to buy that much, you can get half a pack, or 6, but not necessarily for half the price. Or even, for the health conscious (or the yolk haters like me), you can just buy a carton of egg whites. Heck, I’ve even seen packs of 20 or more before at the Asian supermarket for an incredible deal (during my college days my friend once bought a pack for the deal but had a hard time finishing all of them!).

Now, you can buy packs of 6 eggs here, but the biggest size they come in? A carton of 10. I’ve also only ever seen plastic containers for eggs, and no cardboard cartons, which seems to be the standard in America. I think plastic is so commonly associated with eggs that in the examples of plastic items that go into plastics, usually an egg package is included on the trash can label. I don’t know the sizes at like Japanese Costco or something, but the largest pack of eggs I’ve seen here is 10. That’s an even number, but something about the 10 vs 6 is a little odd to me…

Unrelated to egg carton sizes but on the topic of supermarket eggs, is that often times you can find a pack of 1 or 2 pre-boiled eggs in the supermarket or convenience store. I’m not a huge boiled egg fan unless it’s marinated, but apparently the eggs are perfectly prepared to a soft boil with the famed gooey yolk.

One more thing: quail eggs I guess are pretty common here. I see them sold along with normal eggs in the egg section, and I see them around in quite a few restaurants and even my school lunches. I always regarded them as more of a delicacy food back home, but maybe it’s more common in Asia.


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