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Did you know that there are different types of eggs in Japan?

By on November 17, 2015

You may not know it but quality-conscious Japan grades not only beef but also its ‘tamago‘ or chicken eggs. When you want to get the maximum amount of nutrients from eggs, pick the ones that suit your needs. Here are the different egg types available in local supermarkets and online stores.

Regular eggs ¥15 – ¥20 an egg on average

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These are eggs commonly found in supermarkets and convenience stores sold in 10-pc or 6-pc packs with white or brown shells.

Yodo eggs ¥55/egg

２Yodo high grade eggs are what you will find at most supermarkets in Tokyo but rarely sold at convenience stores.

http://www.yodoran.com/about/about_top.html

 

Amami egg (Oe no Sato Nature Farm) ¥90/egg

３Oe no Sato free-range eggs come from poultry farms that are as close to nature as possible. The yolk has a brighter yellow color and is unusually elastic due to high protein and lecithin content.   http://www.oenosato.com/index.html

Tokusen Taiyo (Ochimizu Sei store) ¥105/egg

4Tokusen Taiyo is another type of gourmet egg from chickens that are naturally healthy and are not injected with antibiotics. Usually available at Amazon.

http://www.taiyouran.com/

Toyako Naturally hatched eggs ‘Sanshiro’ (Sanshiro Farms) ¥105/egg

5Sanshiro gourmet eggs come from free-range poultry farms in Hokkaido.

http://sanshirou.com/wp/

Japan Ichi Kodawari egg (K.K. Sailor)  ¥105/egg

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A Vitamin E-rich brand of gourmet eggs, Japan Ichi Kodawari eggs have received good publicity on Japanese TV and have been mentioned in various local print media.

http://www.kodawaritamago.com/

Ise no Tamago ‘Aka dama’ (Ise Shokuhin K.K.) ¥114/egg

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A mid-range gourmet egg, Ise no Tamago is usually eaten raw with rice and is available at most hypermarches all over Japan.   http://www.ise-egg.co.jp/isetama/index.html

Inka no Shiho Aroukana no Aoi egg ‘Mori no hoseki’ ¥158/egg

8Dubbed as the ‘forest’s jewel’ for its beautiful pastel blue shells, Inka no Shiho comes from free-range Araucana chicken breed from South America. The taste of Inka does not differ noticeably from other gourmet eggs but the high price has to do with the difficulty of breeding vertebraeless Araucana chicken.
http://www.jikyuno.com/p/item-detail/detail/i3.html

Shinkaran Shimanto Jikyu No Sato farm ¥315/egg

Shimanto
Shinkaran Shimanto is an organic egg with a highly elastic yolk that’s one rank below the premium egg below.
http://www.jikyuno.com/p/item-detail/detail/i1.html

Saikokyuu ‘Teru’ (Akua farms in Chichibu) ¥583/1 egg

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‘Teru’ is the crème de la crème of all eggs and is possibly the most expensive one in the world. One egg costs almost the same price as 20 regular eggs and comes only in 20-pc pack. What’s special about these eggs?
Power-packed Teru yolks are dark orange in color and are slightly bigger than the regular egg size. Poultry feeds include 60 or more types of nutrients and 25 different herbal poultry feeds that make eggs taste slightly sweet and amazingly odorless. Teru is known as the favorite egg of patissiers in Japan.

http://www.akuafarm.com/kagayaki/index.html

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