あなたが食べてるワサビは嘘です。本物は希少で高すぎる

Partly because real Wasabi has some specific growing conditions if I recall. I doubt urbanization helped but even before I think it tended to grow around streams in mountains.

I love real wasabi. We used to be able to buy one around 500-700 yen before Covid. It’s about 3000-5000 yen now. It’s insane how how much more increased.

I’ve had the real only once or twice. It’s good, but I’ve gotten so used to fake that it’s my preference.

not only rare and expensive. real wasabi lose their flavor within minutes of being grated.

Now I wonder if I’d like the real one cuz I hate the one from sushi restaurants

So the funny thing is this is huge in the US (maybe west overall). There’s some restaurants that have tried to have real wasabi but often what happens is that because the general public is so used to the non authentic wasabi that the restaurants would get a bad reputation from patrons for having what they thought was “fake wasabi.” It’s ironic because ofc it’s real wasabi, but the non-authentic one is so ingrained in the general public’s taste buds it leads them to reject real wasabi.