Cereal, not a common breakfast in Japan?

pinson27 · 13 Dec 2006

Hey guys, i'm just wondering about this. I always eat cereal and all the japanese people i talk to in the web never eat cereal as breakfast. Is eating cereal as an adult in japan not common? , Cereals such as Fruit Loops, Coco puffs, Captain crunch ( but in their japanese version or if cereals from america are imported )

Erekose · 13 Dec 2006

Never really seen anyone eat cereals in Japan. In my wife's house it was always salmon, rice, miso soup, and salad for breakfast. Occasionally eggs and ham on toast would replace the salmon.

Nall-ohki · 13 Dec 2006

Yeah, cereal is not common in Japan. Buying it is expensive, too.

Mikawa Ossan · 13 Dec 2006

I personally only know of two people who eat cereal for breakfast. One is a very good friend of mine who currently lives in Sendai. The only other one is me. I only eat cereal in the morning because I'm a little lazy in the morning and I don't feel like cooking a proper meal or cleaning up afterwards.

But if given a choice, I will usually opt for something esle!

Ewok85 · 13 Dec 2006

The lady I live with eats cereal despite my offerings to cook a hot breakfast. Some of the host families I lived with ate cereal, generally the younger people.

Maciamo · 13 Dec 2006

It's very common, I had it everyday.

Now seriously, in Tokyo at least it is very easy to find cereals in any supermarket and even in Yakkyoku (Chemist's) and 100-yen shops. Kellog's are found everywhere. There are even products made specially for Japan (e.g. Genmai flakes). I haven't seen any Nestlé cereals though. Muesli is also a bit harder to find. You will need to go to supermarket specialising in imported products like Seijoishii or Meiji-ya.

MajideSaiaku · 14 Dec 2006

My girlfriends family didnt eat cereal, though they almost always had toast.

Bread seemed a breakfast food in that household.

I dont eat breakfast anyway, its a waste of time as far as I'm concerned, a habit i developed in highschool when there wasnt enough time in the morning to prepare and get to school.

I dont like being rushed when I'm eating at all, so you can emagine how I felt about manic mornings and breakfast.

Kyoko_desu · 14 Dec 2006

I sometimes eat cereal for breakfast, but just for a change, only in summer time though.
My favorites are this and this.

Maciamo · 14 Dec 2006

nurizeko said:
My girlfriends family didnt eat cereal, though they almost always had toast.
Bread seemed a breakfast food in that household.

It seems that stereotypes will have to change fast. (younger) Western Europeans now eat much more cereals than bread for breakfast (even in famous bread countries like France), while the Japanese are trading rice for bread. Who would have thought of Japan as a bread-eating country ?

Hiroyuki Nagashima · 14 Dec 2006

I do not eat a cereal for breakfast.
However, I sometimes eat it with a snack.

Elizabeth · 14 Dec 2006

Hiroyuki Nagashima said:
I do not eat a cereal for breakfast.
However, I sometimes eat it with a snack.

Oh, that's interesting. Most American children, but some adults too, sometimes still eat cereals as snack foods. If there isn't time in the morning and not enough to eat at lunch I also occasionally enjoy one a little later in the day.
The Japanese people I know living in America when they were still in Japan used to eat Western and traditional breakfasts about 50% of the time each. Western would probably be toast with black (English) tea. Japanese would mean miso soup and rice. :gohan:

doinkies · 14 Dec 2006

doinkies also likes to have cereal as a snack sometimes...I don't pour milk over my cereal though, I never really liked eating soggy cereal.

Hiroyuki Nagashima · 14 Dec 2006

A snack of Japanese cereal.
Morinaga & Co., Ltd. "chocolate flake"

MajideSaiaku · 14 Dec 2006

I sometimes snack on cereal, but its a case of eating it while its still crunchy, if it gets too soggy I dont really feel like finishing it.

But that sweet spot period between pouring the milk and the cereal going soggy is cruchalicious freshalicious heaven.

extricate · 15 Dec 2006

i had grape nuts for breakfast today

Maciamo · 15 Dec 2006

Hiroyuki Nagashima said:
I do not eat a cereal for breakfast.
However, I sometimes eat it with a snack.

Although I have eaten cereals for breakfast almost everyday for at least 15 years, I have never had them as a snack, and I do not know anybody (outside the forum) who has.

Elizabeth · 16 Dec 2006

Maciamo said:
It's very common, I had it everyday.

Now seriously, in Tokyo at least it is very easy to find cereals in any supermarket and even in Yakkyoku (Chemist's) and 100-yen shops. Kellog's are found everywhere. There are even products made specially for Japan (e.g. Genmai flakes). I haven't seen any Nestlé cereals though. Muesli is also a bit harder to find. You will need to go to supermarket specialising in imported products like Seijoishii or Meiji-ya.

I think I eat a Calpis brand cereal. I'm not sure because they take the bag out of the box but I asked once about Kellogg's and was told it was too amai...☝

miki78 · 16 Dec 2006

So the theres no Kellogs in Japan ? Salmon for breakfast isn't salmon as exspensive as it is in the UK

I once read a book were a child said his mother gave him Sushi for breakfast would that be true do would sushi be a breakfast food ?

craftsman · 16 Dec 2006

Maciamo said:
Although I have eaten cereals for breakfast almost everyday for at least 15 years, I have never had them as a snack, and I do not know anybody (outside the forum) who has.

I would hate to point at any ignorance floating around but Hiroyuki Nagashima's picture to explain his post above is one of the most common snacks around. They are found in almost every supermarket and convenience store. You can even get them where I am. Which begs the question - just who did you know in Japan?

Mikawa Ossan · 16 Dec 2006

Hey, I'm snacking on cereal right now! (15:28)

Kellogg's Japan
www.kellogg.co.jp

Elizabeth · 16 Dec 2006

miki78 said:
So the theres no Kellogs in Japan ? Salmon for breakfast isn't salmon as exspensive as it is in the UK

I once read a book were a child said his mother gave him Sushi for breakfast would that be true do would sushi be a breakfast food ?

There's a lot of Kelloggs -- it was only the opinion of the people whose cereal I eat that it is too sweet. But I think they felt kind of bad since I even asked so maybe next time...

I've heard of salmon of sushi for breakfast too but no one that really does it (except me sometimes for sushi from a Chinese restaurant )

undrentide · 16 Dec 2006

Normally I don't eat cereal for breakfast, unless I don't have enough time
and I happen to have enough milk in the fridge.
But like other members here, I sometimes eat it as a snack.
I prefer granola to cornflakes, because cornflakes get soggy too quickly...

My latest favourite from Calbee - 窶堋ｩ窶堙壺?堋ｿ窶堙｡窶堙??堋?窶堋ｸ窶堋ｫﾆ丹ﾆ停?ｰﾆ知ﾂーﾆ停?ｰ (granola with pumpkin and azuki beans). I'm weak against ﾅ?ﾃｺﾅ?ﾃ版津?窶凖ｨ (seasonal, not always available) stuff.

http://www.calbee.co.jp/oisia/products/index.php

Yoko_Kisaragi · 1 Feb 2007

I have heard that miso soup is a common breakfast.

Ewok85 · 1 Feb 2007

Miso for breakfast keeps me going all day. I think its the salty taste!

Yoko_Kisaragi · 2 Feb 2007

Ewok85 said:
Miso for breakfast keeps me going all day. I think its the salty taste!

LOL I wish miso soup was easier to find around here though. Sodium = happiness

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