Japanese grocery store list
posted on 24 Jan 2008 by maki ::
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Looking for a shopping list to start your Japanese cooking adventures? Start here!
This is a rapidly growing set of lists of Japanese grocery stores around the world. Ambitious yes, but with the help of Just Hungry readers, we hope to put together a definitive collection of lists. This is definitely a work in progress - please bookmark it and check back often. Note that Korean and Chinese groceries are also noted sometimes, since they often carry a lot of Japanese ingredients.
We need your help! Tell us about your local Japanese grocery stores! in the comments! Please include the following information if possible - and please add the comment to the appropriate geographical region. Thank you!
- Name of store
- Address
- Phone number
- Website if available
- General comments about the size of store, selection, etc.
I’ve added an additional category for stores in Japan that visitors shouldn’t miss - for selection, uniqueness, etc.
Additional comments, corrections etc. for already listed stores are always welcome.
Updates
- 05/11/09: I have updated the France page again, specifically the listings and info for Lyon, which seems to be the second city as far as Japanese groceries go in France, though trailing Paris but a large margin. I’ve also updated the Germany page, especially the section on Düsseldorf, said to have the third largest Japanese expat population in Japan.
- 04/16/09: I have substantially updated the France page, with listings added and edited for Paris especially.
- 10/22/08: I haven’t had the time to sort and add new listings, but please look through the comments if you don’t find what you seek in the lists!
- 3/24/08: The Germany page has been overhauled and updated.
- 2/09/08: A big update to the United States page. Michigan in particular has a lot of new listings, thanks to Tess and an anonymous tipster! Also new listings for Texas, Massachusetts, Pittsburgh area of PA, and more. Smaller updates also to the Canada page. Thank you to everyone for contributing!
- 2/03/08: The New York/northern New Jersey/Connecticut page is a lot better organized now. I’ve listed bookstore locations too since that’s of interest I think. (I should probably go back to CA and list the stores there too, or maybe a separate page for Japanese bookstores? hmm.)
- 2/02:08: I’ve finally fixed the massive California page. If you are an Asian food fan in the U.S. that’s the state to be in for sure.
- 1/29/08: The UK and Ireland page is gradually getting there. I’ve also split off France and Germany to their own pages. (Did you know that Düsseldorf is called Little Tokyo on the Rhine, and has not one but two Japanese bakeries with cafés attached?)
- 1/28/08: The Australia/New Zealand page is now taking shape! Actually we have no suggestions yet for New Zealand… (or the Melbourne area) yet so waiting to hear from you if you live there! Incidentally, besides your suggestions I’ve also been surfing around Japanese expat sites and forums and things like that for information. I try not to get stuck reading all the grouching going on about their host countries. :) Interesting what’s out there in interweb-land….
- 1/27/08: The Canada page is taking shape! The Europe section is in much better shape now. The UK and Ireland have been split off to their own page. I’m a bit confused about the big Asian supermarkets in Paris 13ème - there seem to be conflicting addresses for Paristore, Tang Frères and Big Store. If anyone can clarify the addresses for them that’d be great! I also managed to somehow throw out my back yesterday lifting some books, so updating may slow down a bit.
- 1/26/08: Wow, the response so far has been overwhelming! Thank you! The USA page is already filling up fast. I’ve incorporated all the suggestions so far for that (if I forgot to credit you properly let me know!). I’ve split off the California and New York-metro area sections. I’ll work on the Europe, Canada and Australia/New Zealand sections over the weekend.
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Chong's Oriental Market Columbia Missouri
Name of store: Chong’s Oriental Market
Address: 701 Locust St, Columbia, MO
Phone number: (573) 443-1977
Website if available
General comments about the size of store, selection, etc.
It is a smallish store but they have a great variety of items… some fresh veggies, lots of canned items, refrigerated section, frozen section. People are very friendly. They have some cooking utensils too. I was able to pick up a Benriner mandolin slicer cheaper than I’d seen it online!
Japanese Grocery in Chicago
I wanted to recommend a store in Chicago I haven’t seen listed on here. It’s pretty small and most of it is devoted to gift items and books, however there is a decent size section of Japanese foods. If you can’t make it out to Mitsuwa, and need a basic staple this may be a good choice.
Name:J Toguri
Phone: 773 929 3500
Address: 851 W. Belmont, Chicago
Northern Ireland is poorly
Northern Ireland is poorly served in terms of Japanese or Asian grocery stores, with two noteable exceptions, although these are Belfast-based. Both of these service all Asian cuisines (Chinese, Japanese, Thai, etc).
Name of store
Asian Supermarket
189 Ormeau Road Belfast, Northern Ireland
Phone number
028 9032 6396
General comments about the size of store, selection, etc.
A barn of a place, designed mainly for the restaurant trade, and pan-Asian in nature, but a reliable source of nanami togarishi, nori, etc. Best to go in with a list as it’s not a place for browsing, more of a warehouse, good prices, long established.
Name of store
Lee Foods
96 Donegall Pass Belfast, Northern Ireland
Phone number
028 9023 4222
General comments about the size of store, selection, etc.
This is a new supermarket, attractively laid out in a renovated building in what might be termed Belfast’s Chinatown. More suited to browsing, it is also pan-Asian, with a good range of noodles, Japanese seasoning, etc. It’s the only place I have managed to get konnyaku, and I will admit to clearing their shelves of shichimi togarashi.
Japanese Grocery in New Zealand
Japan Mart
Addres:
75 Anzac Ave, Auckland City
Phone number:
09-377 2226
Website: http://www.tokyofood.co.nz/aboutus/
Tofu Shop
Address:
Unit D, 50 Greville Rd Albany Auckland
Phone number:
09-479 9680
Sacramento Japanese Market
Oto’s Marketplace
4990 Freeport Blvd
Sacramento, CA 95822
Phone: 916-424-2398
FAX: 916-424-5015
http://otosmarketplace.com
It’s well-known in the area for fresh fish, sushi, bentos, and a selection of Japanese candy. Small produce area, and some housewares. Parking lot is small and employees are friendly.
Winnipeg!
Wasabi At Home
99 Osborne Street
Winnipeg, MB R3L2R4
Arirang Oriental Food Mart
1799 Portage Avenue
Winnipeg, MB R3J 0G2
Orange County, California, USA
Mitsuwa Marketplace
665 Paularino Ave
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
(714) 557-6699
www.mitsuwa.com
* Hours:
Mon-Sun 9:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m.
More like a mini shopping mall, with a food court, bookstore, gift store, and a modern well stocked grocery store with fresh fish, meat, produce and most everything.
my favorite so far
Marukai Market
2975 Harbor Blvd.
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Phone:(714) 751-8433
www.marukai.com/
* Hours:
Mon-Sat 9:30 a.m.-8:00 p.m.
Sun 9:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m.
I think there is an annual membership fee
I have never been inside this store.
Online Japanese Supermarket
Modern Marketing
Japan Super
606 E. 1st Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
213-680-9595
Japan Super is an online Japanese grocery store that ships anywhere in the continental USA. They are owned and operated by a Japanese family with over 50 years in the retail market business. They carry imported Japanese groceries, Japanese style meat, fish, fresh Japanese produce, freshly made Fugetsu-Do mochi, Yamazaki bakery products and Niitaka-ya tsukemono, specialty food and gift items.
Japan Super's web address
http://www.japansuper.com
Japanese Markets in North Carolina
Raleigh area:
Toyo Shokuhin
748 East Chatham St.
Cary, NC 27511
919-319-1620
Smallish but complete.
Jacksonville area:
Tomodachi Market
202 Brynn Marr Rd
Jacksonville, NC 28546
910-353-0194
Excellent selection. Right off Western Blvd. near NC 24.
Matsuya
1537 Freedom Way(NC 24)
Hubert, NC
910-577-1134
Small family run grocery.
More stores in Georgia
Tomato Japanese Grocery
7124 Pechtre Indstrl Blvd
Norcross, GA 30071
2086 Cobb Parkway
Smyrna, GA 30080
Its a bit hard to find because its inside the sush yokoi restaurant! When you go into the restaurant it splits into two and on the left is Tomato. They are a small market but exclusively Japanese. I’ve found some unique items that are not at your local H Mart! They also have a membership program where you pay 10 dollars a year and get 5% off all your purchases. Brush up on your Japanese though as the staff all communicates in Japanese, but will help you in English of course.
99 Ranch Market
5150 Buford Highway, Doraville, GA 30340
Here are the addresses for the Hmarts
2550 Pleasant Hill Road, Duluth, GA 30096
6335 Hwy 85, Riverdale, GA 30274
10820 Abbotts Bridge Road, Johns Creek, GA
One more is being built on Peachtree Industrial Blvd currently.
Hoa Binh Seafood Market
4897 Buford Highway, Chamblee, GA 3034
Miami stores and more stores in Toronto area.
—-TORONTO, CANADA—-
Sandown Market (West)
826 Browns Line, Etobicoke, Ontario, M8W 3W2, Canada
(416)259-8260
http://yellowpages.ca/bus/Ontario/Etobicoke/Sandown-Market-West/2519443....
A tiny store, much like Sanko. Offers groceries, video rentals, medicines, and fresh fish. Occasionally carries freshly made Mochi. Offers Osechi for new year.
Another branch in Scarborough:
Sandown Market (East)
4385 Sheppard Avenue East, Toronto, Canada
—-MIAMI, FLORIDA—-
Iseya
5623 S.W. 107th Ave., Miami, FL 33173
(305)274-7284
Tiny store. Offers groceries, video rentals, magazines and toiletries.
Southeast corner of Miller and 107th. Closed on Wednesdays.
Lucky Oriental Mart
8356 SW 40th St #D-1, Miami, FL
(305)220-2838
Chinese groceries store operated by Taiwanese. Carries some Japanese items like curry blocks, seaweeds, frozen gyoza, natto, edamame, short grain rice, ramen, snacks, drinks and more. Good selection of vegetarian meat alternative products.
LLucky Oriental Mart has some bento supplies!
A couple of weeks ago I found two bento boxes hidden in the last aisle, but the basics for cute decorating aren’t sold there. There’s an entirely huge aisle of candy and sweets and Ramune of every flavor possible.
Colorado Springs, CO
Asiana Market
5740 N Carefree Circle
Colorado Springs, CO 80917
(719) 570-9732
Asiana is the best resource for Japanese groceries in town. Colorado Springs is bespeckled with a large amount of Chinese and Korean grocers (there is not a single JAPANESE market), but Asiana is half and half Japanese and Korean, and there are various small items from China, Thailand, and other places as well. The prices are a little more than you may expect, but any city away from the coast is like that, and the shop people are super friendly. If you compare to other Asian grocers in town, Asiana is much more cleanly, and they will special order products for you if you tell them what you are looking for. It is obviously no Marukai or Mitsuwa, but it’s the best resource outside of ordering online. :) Friendly staff!! A++
Baton Rouge, LA
Oriental Market
162 Lee Dr
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
(225) 761-9371
This is mainly a Korean market and has a good selection of Japanese sauces, noodles, and prepared foods (frozen and non-perishable). There is a very limited selection of fresh vegetables.
Super Oriental (or Super Kise)
México City, México.
División del Norte #2515 esq. Londres
Col. del Carmen, Coyoacán, México.
(55) 5688 2981 / (55) 5688 4298 / (55) 5604 9642 / (55) 5605 4990
www.superoriental.com
It’s a medium sized store, but as far as I could tell, carries everything needed for Japanese, Chinese and probably Korean cooking except fresh vegetables. They do carry both brand names as well as smaller packages done by the company (So if one is hesitant to buy a 30 dlls. bag of bonito flakes, for example, there’s a smaller, 4 dlls bag too, or even smaller ones) They also sell cooking equipment and, although they didn’t had any last time I went, bento boxes. The attention is amazingly good and they also have cooking classes on the weekends.
Japanese grocery store in Finland
Name:
Tokyokan
Address:
Annankatu 20
00120 Helsinki
Phone number:
(09) 622 5553
Telefax:
(09) 622 5552
Website:
www.tokyokan.fi
Comments:
It is a little and nice store that has more than grocerys. They have yukatas and knifes for cooking ect. They even sell some magazines and manga (japanese comic). Even thought it is small you can find the stuff you need from there. And if they do not have the thing you have searching for - you can always request that they will start buying the stuff that you want. But I myself think that the selection is good compared to its size.
The Japanese Market- Miami Beach Florida
Address-1412 79th Street Cswy
North Bay Village, Miami Beach FL 33141
Phone number-(305) 861-0143
Website if available- http://japanese-market.com
General comments about the size of store:
A large selection of Japanese materials from frozen foods to cooking materials. (off subject- They also sell shampoos, candy, books, and videos. All in Japanese.)They are very reasonably priced (25 Gyoza skins for $1.48) and are have a sushi counter which is happy to teach you how to make the sushi.
Shop in Cardiff (Wales)
* Name of store : Cardiff Korean & Japanese Foods
* Address : 116 Woodville Road
Cardiff,
South Glamorgan
CF24 4EE
* Phone number : 029 2022 3225
* Open : Mon-Sat 9:30-6:30, Sun 11-4pm
The owner is Korean, even if the shop is not really big you can find most of the basic for japanese cooking. The staff is really helpful. And if like me you like Kimichi, the owner’s mother made her own.
Its a great shop, but
Its a great shop, but sometimes run out of kimchi and soju too quickly. Booo hooo
Greenville SC Stores
Korean Market
8590 Pelham Rd # 21
Greenville, SC 29615
(864) 284-9191
It’s a smallish store that has some fresh refrigerated ingredients. The rest is essentials, snacks, kitchen/tableware, and movies. They are very reasonably priced, but most of the labels are in Korean, so you may have to ask the cashier for help.
Japanese Food Store Tanpopo
8590 Pelham Rd # 7
Greenville, SC 29615
(864) 288-2755
It’s a very small store attached to a sushi bar. It has the essentials, plus some snacks, movies, and a small refrigerated section. They are also very reasonably priced. The shelves also have labels with English descriptions and price plus the Japanese characters, so you can pick something up and compare the label to ensure you’re buying the right thing.
Very cool.
Japanese Store in Michigan
Address provided by Yahoo search is incorrect.
Correct address is:
2867 Washtenaw, Ypsilanti, Michigan 48197
Looking for help!
I’d like to open a Japanese grocery in my city…about 150mi from Chicago. How? Anyone know a wholesaler that will set up / stock the store? Any advice would be appreciated…thanks! Papyrus…
Philadelphia
Philadelphia is pretty well known for Chinatown. While there are no outright stores down there that scream “We sell bento supplies!”, by hunting around it’s possible to pick up a ongiri mold here, a lunch box there.
I found the green plastic leaves at the Assi Supermarket outside Philadelphia, on Welsh Road. The supermarket has a great variety of foods, fresh, frozen, and prepared and a third of the building has mini-stores, selling cosmetics and health supplies, clothing and other odds and ends. It also has a food court of Korean and sushi.
H Mart on Rte. 611 is more of a supermarket inside a mini-mall, though the small stores are more mall-like. It also has a food court, Korean and sushi.
Personally, I’d rather go to those two stores, because everything has an English alternative label and they are super clean…
British Columbia, Canada
Izumi-ya
160-7971 Alderbridge Way
Richmond, B.C. V6X 2A4
(604)-303-1171
Has everything from vegetables to fish (even seafood for nabe or sashimi), makes fresh bento/meals everyday. Sells instant food wholesale, has video rentals too.
Izumi-ya is a bit small and hard to find, but I <3 it a lot!
Best Japanese grocery in Sydney
Trust me, ‘Maruyu Mart’ is the best Japanese grocery in the whole of Sydney, AUS. Located:283-285 Clarence Street (basement level). Telephone: 02-9267-0888. Website: For map refer to,
http://www.patochan.com.au/2005/sydney/index_sydney.htm
Love hanging out here - best prices in Sydney, abundant variety, helpful staff, stamp-card system leading to discount - sincerely like stepping into a Tokyo grocery store! Upstairs is attached a Japanese $2 shop and travel agent - just as great. Closes a little after 7pm ‘cept on Sundays, 5pm.
Re: Best Japanese grocery in Sydney
I dropped by 'Maruyu Mart' to get some supplies on the weekend, i'm not Japanese, but looking to start cooking and have a thing for japanese food. Great recommendation.
Only thing i need now is to find somewhere in Sydney i can buy a good quality bento box for my work lunches, can't do online at the moment till i pay off the c/c.
Asian grocery - addition for Coventry, West Midlands
* Fresh Asia
* 9b Cannon Park Centre, Lynchgate Rd, Coventry, West Midlands CV4 7EH
* 024 7669 0969
.
Fresh Asia focuses on Chinese, Korean and Japanese ingredients (I think there might be some Thai too, but when the script on the packet isn't Roman, I find it hard to tell!)
There is a small selection of fresh stuff - mooli/daikon, fresh tofu - but the main strength is rice (wow! how many kinds of rice?), staples/dry goods, and frozen food. The selection of Japanese food was pretty good, I thought - I did get over-enthusiastic and buy way too much! (I put pictures up on flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/24810486@N04/sets/72157612654239557/) I think they stock all the basics, and they do have stuff that I would regard as speciality: cooked eel (frozen) and natto.
This shop is much better for Japanese foods than the East West oriental grocery that used to be in the centre of town (but I still wish that hadn't closed down!).
I imagine the shop gets a lot of custom from Warwick University's overseas students, it being right next to the campus.
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