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Dominique · Joined: 26 Aug 2004 Posts: 141 Location: Juso, Osaka

I've been all over the place looking for this stuff...
I can't read any Kanji so I have no idea what is it called.
Do they have this stuff in Japan? If so, what is it called and where can I get some?

Oh... Is it possible to get canned tuna that isn't floating in oil?

Celeste · Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 10:12 pm Post subject:

At costco ( http://www.theflyingpig.com/tfp/Shop.ASP ) you can get water packed albacore tuna.

Dominique · Joined: 26 Aug 2004 Posts: 141 Location: Juso, Osaka

Thanks for the tip... I am so happy there is a costco here!

worlddiva · Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2005 12:26 pm Post subject:

I would also like to know if one can buy antibacterial lotion, ex:purrell, here and if yes, how do ask for it in Japanese?

For a country that seems to be so obsessed with certain degrees of hygiene, i.e. the masks...you'd think they'd have soap in everywhere washroom, papertowels to dry your hands with and anti-bacti stuff everywhere!

Mishark · Joined: 17 Nov 2004 Posts: 28 Location: Osaka

Actually, not providing paper towels makes sense, because you get alot of bacteria that way. Everyone touches the dispensers....not everyone uses soap.

Dominique · Joined: 26 Aug 2004 Posts: 141 Location: Juso, Osaka

I hate the washroom thing, because I wash my hands with the water, then I try to dry it on my pants... never works Sad

I walk out with wet hands.

Cdaniels · Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2005 3:35 pm Post subject: Paper towel sanitation

Celeste · Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2005 3:44 pm Post subject:

YOu can get the purell hand snitizer from www.fbcusa.com

Zzonkmiles · Joined: 05 Apr 2003 Posts: 309

The kanji for "antibacterial" is 殺菌 (sakkin). The first kanji (satsu) is a very useful one to learn. It generally means "kill" as in 毒殺 (dokusatsu--to kill by poison) or 殺人 (satsujin--to murder). You may also see the kanji compound 消毒 (shoudoku) which means "disinfect" or "sterilize."

The kanji for "soap" is 石鹸 (sekken). This word is often written in hiragana (sekken) or even in katakana (so-pu).

I can't help you with the tuna bit though. But I hope I could help with the germ/soap part! Good luck!

Dominique · Joined: 26 Aug 2004 Posts: 141 Location: Juso, Osaka

thanks so much, you have been super helpful!!!

JimDunlop2 · Joined: 31 Jan 2003 Posts: 2286 Location: Japan

Just bought a can of "LIGHT tuna" from the store. Would anyone care to guess what the hell made is so darned LIGHT, considering that when I opened it, it was swimming in oil (as usual)???

<sigh>

/rant

Celeste · Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 11:21 am Post subject:

Maybe they were talking colour as opposed to calories?

JimDunlop2 · Joined: 31 Jan 2003 Posts: 2286 Location: Japan

Hmmm.... Racially-biased tuna. Now I've heard everything! Confused

chixdiggit · Joined: 21 May 2003 Posts: 60 Location: ROK

There is tuna in every supermarket I have been in over the past 5 years, both oil-packed and water-packed. If you cannot read the kanji just check the nutritional info as it's in the same order as it is at home. Calories, protein, fat , then carbs. The fat will obviously be high in the oil-packed and almost nothing in the water-packed. Costco is great but no need to go there for tuna. Also I was fortunate to live 5 minutes away from one but chances are you don't or won't, as there are only a few.
Good luck.
Chix

melirae · Joined: 26 Feb 2004 Posts: 145 Location: Korea

Look for the tuna that has 54 kCal- that's the water one. I also find that in the two supermarkets I shop in have single cans and 4-6 can packs. The singles sometimes have "sea chicken" written in Roman letters but the other is totally Kanji, so I just use the single can to compare to the multi packs to make sure I'm not getting some other crazy canned meat!