Stockpiled Rice

Recently, Japanese government released some of its stockpiled rice to stabilize soaring prices. However, prices of rice haven’t changed much. Also, I had never found stockpiled rice at stores that I usually go. Today, after work, I went to a supermarket that I don’t go so often. After I finished shopping, I looked for a place to put a shopping basket back. Since I wasn’t familiar with this store, I looked around curiously. At that time, I saw rice bags displayed against the wall. Apparently it wasn’t the space for displaying the rice bags. Then, I saw a sign saying that stockpiled rice harvested in 2022. I bought it and cooked it for dinner tonight.