I visited Costco on my vacation to Japan last year. I was surprised to find a 48-piece sushi platter and bulgogi bake — and I even got a free sample of booze.

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I visited Costco on my vacation to Japan last year. I was surprised to find a 48-piece sushi platter and bulgogi bake — and I even got a free sample of booze.

Costco has 33 warehouses in Japan. The groceries, food court, and appliances are a bit different from what shoppers in the US are used to.Richard Truong Richard Truong is a software engineer from Pennsylvania who has been a Costco member since 2016. On a trip to Japan last year, Truong stopped by a Costco in Kyoto. While the environment was very familiar, he found several food offerings he'd never seen in the US. This as-told-to essay is based o…