Japanese grocery stores in Canada
posted on 25 Jan 2008 by maki ::
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General Canada notes: Vancouver has a large Asian population.
T & T Supermarket is a nationwide Chinese/Asian supermarket chain.
Alberta
- T & T Supermarket
- Chinese and English web site
- See store locations and hours for Alberta stores here.
British Columbia (Vancouver, Victoria, etc.)
- Fujiya Japanese Foods
- 912 Clark Drive, Vancouver, BC (604) 251-3711
- 112 1050 W. Pender St., Vancouver, BC
- Tel: 604.608.1050
- English web site
- Also at
- 113-3086 St. Edwards Dr.
- Richmond, BC
- Tel: 604.270.3715
- Also at
- 3624 Shelbourne Street
- Victoria, BC
- Tel: 250.598.3711
- They say they deliver orders over $100 for free in the downtown core, and for a fee elsewhere. However you have to call them to order: 1.877.8.FUJIYA (385492)
- Comments: “I can’t personally vouch for the Richmond and Victoria locations, but the Vancouver locations always have what I’m looking for and more. Many of our grocery stores have Asian sections but the products are always more reasonably priced at Fujiya than anywhere else. Besides packaged products, they have a fresh fish section and a counter making sushi which is extremely fresh and cheap. (Because we’re on the coast?) I was a little reluctant to give out the downtown location address because it is my favourite place for take-out sushi (not that I eat it every day) but it is super busy every lunch hour. They get twice daily deliveries from the main store of freshly made sushi and the line-up is out the door every day starting around 11:30 and doesn’t thin out until after 1PM. Crazy! -(julie)
- “Lots of Japanese groceries that are hard to find anywhere else. Here’s the website” -(Maria)
- Komatsu Japanese Market
- 140-1855 Kirschner Road
- Kelowna BC Canada V1Y 4N7
- Tel: 250 862-9338
- Comments: “A small Japanese grocery store, Komatsu has many basic Japanese ingredients and has a freezer section with specialty ingredients such as thinly sliced beef, fish, gyoza, and daifuku. There are no fresh vegetable/fruit items, but they do have pickled daikon, sushi ginger, miso paste, konnyaku noodles, and other fridge items. They also have a sushi kitchen in the back; the store has some pre-made sushi meals in their fridge unit or you can order sushi made for you fresh. They also have some older manga and video tapes all in Japanese only. Prices are relatively good, slightly on the higher side.” -(Nat)
- Oriental Supermarket
- 2575 HWY 97 N
- KELOWNA, BC. V1X-4J5
- Tel: 250-762-2395
- Annoying Flash-only auto-music-playing web site in English
- Mon-Sat: 9:30am-6:00pm Sun: 10:30am-5:00am
- Comments: “Recently moved and renovated, the Oriental Supermarket has tons of ethnic food items! Mexican, Thai, Korean, Vietnamese, Chinese, and Japanese. Large freezer section, a good sized fresh grocery department, lots of dry goods and a sushi bar that makes the only good bubble tea available in Kelowna (that I know of). I blew over $60 the first time I visited the store after their renovations. One warning, however-ALWAYS check the expiration date on food products from this store-I have, on more than one occasion, unpacked my goods at home only to realize that I have to throw one or two things away. Prices at this store are considerably lower than Komatsu, but the products are most likely not as fresh, so keep a sharp eye.” -(Nat)
- T & T Supermarket
- Chinese and English web site
- See store locations and hours for B.C. stores here.
Ontario
- Korean Food Market
- 16 Parkdale Avenue North
- Hamilton, Ontario
- Tel: (905) 312-8989
- Comments: “they offer a very large number of Japanese items.” -(Valerie)
Toronto area
- PAT Spring Garden Market
- 63 Spring Garden Av (off Yonge St, just North of Sheppard Av)
- North York, ON M2N 3G1
- Tel 416-226-5522
- Comments: “Korean market with a good selection of sushi fixings” -(ghamina)
- Galleria Supermarket
- 7171 Yonge St (North of Steeles Av)
- Thornhill, ON L3T 2A9
- Tel 905-771-1474
- English and Korean web site
- Comments: “Another Korean market with a good selection of sushi fixings, including sashimi” -(ghamina)
- MITS Toronto
- 585 Yonge St
- Toronto, ON
- Tel: (416) 962-4860, Fax: (416) 962-4868
- Japanese web site
- Groceries, manga, video rentals, used Japanese books, manga _kissa_ (a cafe where you can sit and read manga…) with wireless intenet, package delivery service center for sending stuff to Japan via Kuroneko Yamato
- Sanko Japanese Foods and Gifts
- 730 Queen Street West
- Toronto, Ontario
- Tel 416-703-4550
- Mon, Wed-Sat 10:00am - 7:00pm, Sun 11:00am - 6:00pm, closed Tue
- English and Japanese web site
- Comments: “Great little store. They sell tea sets, rice cookers, dried foods, frozen foods, fresh foods. Lots of variety. It’s in a very busy area. There is street parking, but there are also two or three spaces especially for the store.” -(kelly)
- T & T Supermarket
- Chinese and English web site
- See store locations and hours for Ontario stores here.
Toronto also has a Japantown (J-Town) mall.
Newfoundland
- Asian Variety Store
- 159 Water Street, St. John’s, Newfoundland
- Tel: 709-726-1698
- Comments: “Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Indonesia items, food as well as a small selection of decorative items and fresh sushi on certain days.” -(Izumi)
Nova Scotia
- Heiwa Oriental Market
- 7018 Chebucto Road
- Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Tel: 902-455-8383
- Comments: “Primarily Korean, with some Japanese food, too.” -(anon)
Québec
Montreal area
- Ja Mae
- 2116 Boulevard Décarie
- Montreal, Quebec
- Tel: 514-489-9777
- Comments: “Korean, with many Japanese products” -(anon)
- Miyamoto
- 382 Victoria
- Montreal, Quebec
- Tel 514-481-1952
- English and French web site
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Just Hungry is a site about food. There are 
Japanese grocery store in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Name: Wasabi at Home
Address: 202-99 Osborne Street, Winnipeg
Phone: (204) 475-1828
Fax: (204) 284-8887
Hours: Mon-Sat: 11 am - 8 pm, Sun: Noon - 6 pm
Re: Japanese grocery store in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
I find it next to useless though - they don't carry items like Bonito flakes or dashi powder - very spare and geared more to take home.
Other Edmonton, Alberta stores
Fumiya Japanese Food Store. 5926 104 St Nw, Edmonton, AB T6H 2K3 - phone 439-4201
Canakor Foods, 3116 Parsons Road, Edmonton, AB (780) 463-5458 (Japanese and Korean items)
Other Asian food stores will have the occasional Japanese item but the larger selections are probably at the two listed here, or at T&T.
Address: 199 Augusta Ave,
Address: 199 Augusta Ave, Toronto
Phone: (416) 921-1328
Little Tokyo, in Kensington Market, carries Japanese goods of a large variety. They have various Japanese dishes, food, snacks, and drinks.
Little Tokyo Closed Down
Just to let everyone know, I passed by this shop today and unfortunately it has closed down period. I was dissapointed but walked over to MITS which is interesting.
Japanese Market Suzuya
Name:Japanese Market Suzuya
Address:5317 Lane Street,Burnaby,B.C.
Phone:(604)685-7119
On-line store:www.suzuya.ca
Japanese food shipped anywhere in Canada.
Re: Japanese Market Suzuya
My family has been shopping here for over a year and are delighted with the selection and the friendly service. The store has a good variety of packaged and frozen grocery items as well as refrigerated pickles, cold green tea, juice etc. Best of all they have recently added authentic Japanese-style breads - everything from an-pan to melon-pan to taiyaki - which are available fresh each morning when the store opens (except on Sundays).
Daiso Store in Richmond, BC
I was just in Vancouver on holidays and visited the amazing (to me & my mom, but not so much to my husband!) 2-floor Daiso store. Almost everything there is $2, and they have loads of Bento boxes and supplies (not to mention every other household item you could ever need!). One of the boxes I bought for $2 I have seen for $20 in a shop in Ottawa!
Here are the contact details:
Unit 1080, 2030 Aberdeen Centre
4151 Hazelbridge Way,
Richmond, BC, Canada V6X 4J7
Tel: 604-295-6601
See www.DaisoCanada.com for more details! :)
Re: Japanese grocery stores in Canada
In Montreal, in the Gallerie du Parc mini-mall, the small supermarket Eden has many Japanese products. It's nicer than Miyamoto, with a greater selection of some things and the prices are lower (Though still higher than I'm used to)! It's convenient to the McGill Ghetto and the Plateau. I don't work there or anything, I just go there a lot. They also have loads of organic foods.
Japanese grocery stores in Ottawa
Hi there, is there any Japanese grocery stores in Ottawa ? thanks.
Re: Japanese grocery stores in Canada - London, Ontario
London Oriental Food Market
250 Commissioners Road West
London, ON N6J 1Y3
Canada
(519) 649-5443
Has Korean proprietors, but carries a good selection of both Japanese and Korean products. They'll also make an effort to acquire any item you might want that they don't currently carry.
Re: Japanese grocery stores in Canada
For Toronto, Tap Phong has lots of dishes, bento boxes etc. 360 Spadina Ave, south of College. And even better, they are doing 20% off all Japanese items. Also sushi mats (<$2), soba mats, etc. Also have rice cookers, many choices.
Visited Sanko on Queen St W, great selection at decent prices for the grocery section.
Gerrit
Vancouver - Konbiniya
I'm amazed Konbiniya is not on this list. It is part of a small Japanese centre which includes a reading library and other services for the Japanese community. Konbiniya has possibly the best selection in the area for snacks, sweets, gum, and the small boxed collectible anime figures that come with a piece of candy. As well they have a great product line of Japanese groceries and convenience foods such as cold sushi (we even found freshly made dango last time we shopped there). You can easily find Konbiniya in the bustle of Robson St. shops because of the distinctive large boxes of pocky on the front of the building.
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