Japanese Period Products- Am I Missing Out?
First off, I want to say I did try to look in other more menstruation-focused subreddits to ask this question in first, but I found they didn't seem to have enough Japanese users/people outside Japan interested in Japanese period products that I could expect an answer.
The title is a little joke-y but I've kinda seriously been wondering, every time I go to an Asian market or beauty store here in the US I always (like actual 100% of the time) see they have a decent to small stock of Japanese period pads. This is despite the fact that I don't live in an area with a high Japanese population (though many other people of different Asian nationalities live here), so I feel it can't just be Japanese expats wanting to buy the brands they're used to.
Every time I pass by them I just can't help but wonder... How do they sell enough to keep stocking them? Who buys them? Are they like, better than domestic pads here?!?!?!
If you've tried both US brands like Always/generic store brands/etc. and the Japanese pads I'd seriously love to know your thoughts. Cause every time I walk past those isles I'm just like, "who would pay a premium for imported pads if they're not unique in some way...?"