I chose to live in a Japanese family from Kodaira, Japan.
The size of my host family is four including father, mother, and two daughters.
According to their food data of one week, the total spending of food is $317.25, which comes about $45.32 per day. More specifically, the cost of grain of that week is $31.55, dairy is $2.26, meat, fish and eggs is $99.80, fruits, vegetables and nuts is $81.43, condiments is $28.28, snacks and desserts is $15.33, prepared food is $21.78, beverages is $28.40 and miscellaneous is $8.42.
We can see that the consumption of meat, fish and eggs accounts for the largest proportion of total food cost occupies about 31.5%, with the cost of fruits, vegetables and nuts (about 25.7%) closely follows behind, then in turn, is grain (about 9.9%), condiments and beverages (about 8.9%), prepared food (about 6.9%), miscellaneous (about 2.7%) and dairy (about 0.7%).
The diet of this family is relatively healthy and pretty much Asian. As we can see from the photo below, aquatic products are very common in the family's table since Japan is an island country. Also as a rice-centered community, Japan keeps its food culture that prefers to cook fresh food rather than microwaving fast canned food. We can detect that the percentage of fresh food, which almost reaches 57% of the total food, is much higher than that of other countries, especially those European and American countries. It is because meat, fish, egg and vegetables all play a significant role of Japanese daily food consumption. And if we compare the percentage of foods that need to be cooked with that of those prepared food, we could see a wide gap of disparity. As the picture shown below, Japanese family loves raw food, and eats a large amount of vegetable and fruits every day. Maybe that is one of the secrets why Japanese girls can keep their good body shapes for long.
Lastly, we can see that this family doesn't drink much beverage, except a little amount of soda and tea, which may indicate the food culture of Japan is relatively traditional and light.
The diet of this family is relatively healthy and pretty much Asian. As we can see from the photo below, aquatic products are very common in the family's table since Japan is an island country. Also as a rice-centered community, Japan keeps its food culture that prefers to cook fresh food rather than microwaving fast canned food. We can detect that the percentage of fresh food, which almost reaches 57% of the total food, is much higher than that of other countries, especially those European and American countries. It is because meat, fish, egg and vegetables all play a significant role of Japanese daily food consumption. And if we compare the percentage of foods that need to be cooked with that of those prepared food, we could see a wide gap of disparity. As the picture shown below, Japanese family loves raw food, and eats a large amount of vegetable and fruits every day. Maybe that is one of the secrets why Japanese girls can keep their good body shapes for long.
Lastly, we can see that this family doesn't drink much beverage, except a little amount of soda and tea, which may indicate the food culture of Japan is relatively traditional and light.
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