[duo797]

I'll preface my post by saying that I will be spending the next 3 months of my life in Japan for school and will be entirely responsible for my own diet (the closest thing we have to a cafeteria is a Cocos connected to our school). My mother in particular has not been very happy to hear that most of my meals so far have been entirely rice, so she's been insisting that I insert something more into my diet. Being that this is my first extended stay in Japan and my first time managing my diet in japan, I'm at a loss for a cheap way to stay healthy in japan. This isn't to say I couldn't just spend a few hours in a grocery store and find some things myself, but I was just wondering if anyone had some suggestions of things I could buy that would allow me to have some of the fruits and vegetables or their associated nutrients without breaking my budget.

As a side note, I believe tofu has protein, in which case I've got both tofu and eggs for protein, so I'm really more interested in vitamins etc. Anyone help would be greatly appreciated.