How do you say Costco in Japanese?

After 15 minutes in a car+2 hours on a bus+20 minutes on a train(express)+20 minutes on another bus, my friend Yuki and I found the answer and the store. Yuki, never having been to Costco before was as excited as I was, this being my first international Costco experience.

After nearly half a day of traveling it was time to get a bite to eat at of course, the Costco snack bar.


To my surprise the menu didn't really change except for Japanese written underneath the English.

Another small change was the fact they offered Ocha(Japanese green tea) along with the fountain drinks.

Yuki couldn't believe her eyes when she first saw the store and said,

"The store is so big and they have everything here, its so cool."

Shopping was definitely worth every minute of travel. I found Ghirardelli chocolate chips and Mexican Tortilla chips, not easy to find at a Japanese grocery store, Italian pasta, Costco coffee, and the only Japanese chocolate bar that met Costco's size standards.

The rest of the store, layout included, was pretty much the same as every Costco I have been to in America. For a few minutes I even felt like I was somehow in America, yet as soon I heard someone say Co-su-to-ko I knew I was indeed still in Japan.