I wonder if you can get it on credit? I also wonder if one could just go on vacation to Japan and get the same basic thing for 100x cheaper...
But tbf, if we're gonna complain about people throwing their money away on an expensive novelty, we should be consistent and point out people's spending habits generally: Vision Pro / any apple product, luxury cars and jewelry. It's all frivolous wastage orders of magnitude higher in expense!
Absolutely fair point about all the other goods. And if I'm ever in Japan I'll remember to go hunt down the bean!