The meat section is mostly devoted to presliced meats for hot pots and...

The meat section is mostly devoted to presliced meats for hot pots and quick-cooked dishes, with a thin steak or chop here and there. In addition to commodity meat, you'll find Wagyu beef and kurobuta pork. The quality of the meat in an average Tokyo supermarket is higher than at most specialty butchers in the U.S.
Time to fess up. Life Supermarket is not the best supermarket in the world; supermarket in Tokyo is the best supermarket in the world. I haven't even gotten to the prepared food {two different yakitori sections, reheatable fried foods that stay crunchy, and lots of appealing salads and cooked vegetables}.