Imported groceries
Cerfeuil - Retail: Harajuku
Open 11am-8pm daily.
This gourmet grocery store offers a big selection of both imported and hard-to-find regional Japanese foods. Everything from goat butter and Hokkaido artisinal cheeses to fresh ramen noodles from...
Open 11am-8pm daily.
Seijo Ishii - Retail: Ebisu
Open 8am-11pm daily.
Imported foods from around the world, including cheeses, spices, and canned and packaged goods. There's also a big stock of mostly European wines. Prices vary from great bargains to inexplicably...
Open 8am-11pm daily.
National Azabu - Retail: Hiroo
Open 9am-8pm daily.
One of the best of the international supermarkets, with the widest range of imported foods in Tokyo (along with Nissin in Azabu-Juban). You'll find good selections of wines, cold cuts and imported...
Open 9am-8pm daily.
Shinanoya - Liquor shop: Meguro
Open 11am-10pm (11-9 Sundays). Open every day.
This discount liquor shop also sells a fair assortment of imported foods to go with your booze.
Open 11am-10pm (11-9 Sundays). Open every day.
Picard - Retail: Azabu-Juban
Open 10am-10pm daily.
France's popular chain of frozen-food grocery stores (with some 900 locations in their home country) now has several Tokyo branches, where you can stock up on everything from frozen fruits and...
Open 10am-10pm daily.
Nissin - Retail: Azabu-Juban
Open 8:30am-9pm daily.
Meat is Nissin's strong point, with over a dozen types of cold cuts, a cornucopia of sausages, and unusual items like pheasant, rabbit, and even kangaroo meat. And the third-floor wine shop is worth...
Open 8:30am-9pm daily.
Picard - Retail: Iidabashi
Open 10am-10pm. Open every day.
This branch of the popular French frozen-food supermarket offers a wide range of simple prepared meals and soups, pizzas, meats and vegetables, all frozen. Dessert and bakery items include tarts,...
Open 10am-10pm. Open every day.
Kitano Ace - Retail: Oshiage
Open 10am-9pm daily.
Located in the middle of the very impressive food hall inside Solamachi shopping mall, Kitano Ace carries some rather specialized products, including 400 different pouch curries from shops all over...
Open 10am-9pm daily.
National Den-en - Retail: Denenchofu
Open 10am-11pm daily.
The sister shop of Hiroo's National Azabu international supermarket offers a similarly diverse selection of imported foods and wines.
Open 10am-11pm daily.
Exotic ingredients
Asia Super Store - Retail: Okubo
Open 9:30am-10:30pm daily.
One of the better-stocked international grocery stores in town, this spacious second-floor shop carries a wide range of prepared foods and ingredients from Thailand. Shop for fresh vegetables and...
Open 9:30am-10:30pm daily.
Kankoku Hiroba - Retail: Okubo
Open 8am-10:45pm daily.
Meats and sausages, frozen goods, pouches of samgetan (chicken-ginseng soup) and spicy chige stews, and several different varieties of makkoli (Korean milky sake) are among the many imported foods...
Open 8am-10:45pm daily.
Seoul Ichiba - Retail: Okubo
Open 9am-11pm daily.
Not quite as large as the nearby Kankoku Hiroba, this popular Korean grocery store offers housewares as well as a big selection of imported food and drink, including fresh produce.
Open 9am-11pm daily.
Tomiz - Retail: Nishi-Shinjuku
Open 10am-8pm daily.
Tomizawa Shoten (aka Tomiz) carries an impressively wide range of baking supplies. We've never seen so many varieties of sugar or flour in one place, and there are dozens of different kinds of dried...
Open 10am-8pm daily.
Echire - Bakery: Marunouchi
Open 10am-8pm daily.
Set up by the famous French artisanal buttermaker, this boutique bakery sells fantastic buttery croissants, madeleines, financiers and cakes. Get there early if you want the croissants, and be...
Open 10am-8pm daily.
Darvish - Retail: Bakurocho
Open noon-10pm. Closed Mondays.
Darvish sells imported Persian ingredients - Iranian dates and other fruits, juices, honey, and mint water. Assorted spices are priced at Y200 per jar, and ready-made stews and other...
Open noon-10pm. Closed Mondays.
Le Jardin Gaulois - Retail: Higashi-Nakano
Open 8am-midnight. Closed Mondays.
Marvel at the huge selection of genuine French terrines, quiches, tarts and cakes to take out. From the management of Brin de Muguet restaurant in Ogikubo.
Open 8am-midnight. Closed Mondays.
Ikea - Swedish: Tachikawa
Open 9:30am-9pm (Sat, Sun 8:30am-) daily.
Swedish meatballs, sweet pastries and seasonal special dishes are served in Ikea's cafeteria-style restaurant, all at very reasonable prices. The restaurant also features a wide-screen...
Open 9:30am-9pm (Sat, Sun 8:30am-) daily.
Ikea - Swedish: Minami-Funabashi
Open 10am-9pm daily.
Swedish megastore Ikea has arrived in Chiba Prefecture, and their in-store restaurant is a great place for an inexpensive Swedish meal. It's not Swedish haute cuisine (the closest to that might be...
Open 10am-9pm daily.
Ikea - Swedish: Yokohama
Open 10am-9pm daily.
Tasty meatballs, almond cakes and other Swedish delights are served in the restaurant, all at quite reasonable prices. The food department also sells an interesting selection of imported Swedish...
Open 10am-9pm daily.
For specialty coffee beans and tea, see also our listings for gourmet coffee and tea shops.
For exotic ingredients from around Japan, and canned meat products popular in Okinawa, see our listings for antenna shops.
For exotic ingredients from around Japan, and canned meat products popular in Okinawa, see our listings for antenna shops.
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