Japanese grocery stores in Australia, New Zealand, Pacific

Jusco in Chatswood (NSW) is no longer there, sadly. :(

There is another one in Mandarin Centre, actually, but I forgot its name. I will be in Chatswood today so I'll try to check. :)

I have located the other good Asian grocery in Chatswood - it's Miracle Supermarket at Shop G01 65 Albert Ave Chatswood NSW 2067 (that's on Level 1 of Mandarin Centre). It's a bit pricier than Asian City but a bit bigger. Tends toward Chinese food, but has a decent supply of Japanese stuff as well.

Hello! ^_^ I live in New Zealand and I accidentally found your site! Please keep up the good work!

In:
Auckland -
Japan Mart (Retail Shop)
75 Anzac Ave. Auckland, New Zealand
http://japanmart.co.nz/

Wellington -
Unit K, 175 Rongotai Rd. Kilbirnie, Wellington, New Zealand

Christchurch -
56 Newtown St. Bromley, Christchurch, New Zealand

Hope that helps with the update!~ ^_^

Hello again! ^_^ I found some more places in Auckland.

In:
Auckland -
オークランド／Made in Nippon
オークランドの目抜き通りQueen Streetにあり、買い物に便利なメイド・イン・日本。各種調味料はもちろん、お米、お菓子、納豆、お漬け物、お茶の葉、各種お酒など種類は豊富です。たいていのものを購入することができます。その他、日本人形やのれん、食器類なども購入できるので、親しくなった地元ニュージーランド人へのプレゼントの際にも便利です。
また、メイド・イン・日本では豊富な品揃えの日本食材をインターネットで注文できる、オンライン・ショップ「日本屋」を運営しており、そこで購入するとニュージーランド国内へ配送してくれます。
住所：313 Queen Street, Auckland

オークランド／Japan Mart
オークランドにある日本食材店です。各種調味料からお米やお菓子、和／洋のお菓子、豆腐、納豆、お漬け物、各種お酒など種類は豊富で、自炊をする際に必要となるほとんどの日本食材を購入できます。日本人が好む冷凍の食材や冷凍食品も多く、日本食が欠かせない人も問題ないでしょう。また、Japan Martの取扱商品一覧のデータをE-Mailで請求できます。
住所：75 Anzac Avenue, Auckland

オークランド／Takano Food
日本人経営のパン屋さん。懐かしい日本の味のパンを各種販売しています。店舗はなく原則的に配達のみですが、Made in NippoonやJapan Martなどといった日本食材屋でも購入できます。カレーパンや焼きそばパンなどの総菜パンもあります。
住所：Belmont, Takapuna, Auckland

オークランド／Ellie's Sweets
オークランド北部にある日本人女性が作っているケーキ屋さん。店舗を持たず個人で経営し受注生産しているため、自分で取りに行くか配達してもらうということと、最小注文個数に制限があるというのが条件となります。概して大雑把な甘さであるニュージーランドのスイーツとは違い、日本の繊細な甘さを懐かしむ日本人滞在者に人気です。
住所：Belmont, Takapuna, Auckland

~Lena

Hi~ I really love this site cause I get to try all sorts of new recipes and they taste delicious!
Anyway I made a few holiday trips to Melbourne before and I did try to find some major stores that sell Japanese food. I failed cause I couldn't find any, but hopefully this small piece of information will help! ^__^

I haven't found any major stores that sells heaps and loads of Jap food, but you can find SOME ingredients such as buckwheat noodles [Soba in Japanese], thick egg noodles [Udon in Japanese], dipping/sauce/soup for soba or how ever you can call it [Tsuyu in Japanese], and some tools used to make sushi; they're usually found in Melbourne's major grocery stores, like Coles and Safeway, and most of them would have an Asian Grocery section, so that's where you get it. Really simple food to get, but it's still better than nothing.

So mainly if you want to find most Japanese ingredients in Melbourne, try to find SMALL convienent chinese, japanese and korean, and sometimes vietnamese grocery stores, which you can find in the CBD [Central Business District] itself you can find some around the city and also Chinatown [Located on Little Lonsdale St.], also some suburbs right near the city you can find some stores selling jap food, such as Richmond.

Usually most asian grocery stores have quite a variety of groceries which specialises in Asian groceries, and you can find quite a bunch of Japanese ingredients and tools. The only problem with shopping for food in the city itself, that it's quite expensive! Don't get me wrong, it's usually much more expensive to shop for things in the city rather than the outer suburbs. But then again, Melbourne's things are not cheap...

For cheaper and more variety to shop for Japanese food, you will have to go to the outer suburbs of Melbourne. As for me, I stayed at the southern eastern suburbs, so I did my shopping at suburbs which are mainly asian suburbs, due to the fact that those suburbs was populated with asians. You will find more asian grocery stores in suburbs like these, and they're cheaper to buy compared to buying in the city, and also they have more variety.

So, the main suburb which I used to do most of my asian shopping is Box Hill, and also in Box Hill you can also find vietnamese and korean and chinese groceries, since Box Hill is mainly a chinese suburb. Some other suburbs near Box Hill would also have asian grocery stores, but I prefered Box Hill cause there was much more to shop for.

I hope you find this helpful. Happy shopping!

Top Bargain in Canberra Centre stocks Putifresh bento boxes, 2 tiers and singles. However, they only have the 'apples' range. Other bento boxes are also available, all are priced at $2. What a bargain!
The shop also sells a wide variety of Japanese kitchen products like Tamagoyaki pan, sauce containers, rice containers etc.

There is a Japanese Supermarket in the Sydney CBD area. It's called Maruyu Japanese City Supermarket and is located in 283 Clarence St.

I believe they also have stores in Perth, Gold Coast and Cairns.

Hello, First of all I would like to say how much I love your website. Keep up the good work! I would just like to know if anyone knows of some good supermarkets selling a wide variety of japanese foods in Perth. I know some of the Asian supermarkets sell them but there's no variety and they only devote 1 shelf to japanese products not alot. Is there like a whole shop devoted to japanese foods in Perth? Thanks in advance.

Tokyo Deli at 418 Glen Huntly Road Elsternwick is a good Japanese specialist in Melbourne, they also have a kitchen where they prepare fresh food to eat in or takeaway.

Tokyo Mart
Northbridge Shopping Centre
Sailors Bay Rd, Northbridge

There is one big Japanese store that i know of in Auckland called Japan Mart.
http://www.tokyofood.co.nz/
That is the website that owns Japan Mart.
I ahve not yet been there but have heard good things of this shop.
Lots of range and good prices.

http://www.finda.co.nz/business/listing/4j3bjm/kobe-ya-japanese-food-store/

my flatmate usually gets his stock from that place. they have pretty cheap 1kg mayo!

Kobe-Ya
172 Hereford Street
Christchurch CBD
Christchurch, Canterbury
New Zealand

(+643)377 4591

Here are more details for Japan Mart

Japan Mart
75 Anzac Ave
Auckland
0064-9-377-2226
0064-9-373-5081
info@japanmart.co.nz

This is a brilliant shop - it's the retail outlet for one of the main Japanese food importers in NZ. They sell food and cooking supplies.
:)

Suzuran is a wonderful Japanese foodstore. I recently introduced my Japanese friend to it and now he goes there every one to two weeks to stock up! They have many Japanese favourites like Calpico soda and tea/coffee in a can, fresh daikon, numerous types of sake and shochu, onigiri rice ball makers and more! Plus the staff are very friendly even to a skip like me!

There is a small asian grocery shop in the Knox shopping centre with a reasonably good section of Japanese products. It's near the marketplace on the lower level, tucked around a corner from Lennard's chicken.
Cheers

Source: http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/food/foodshopping.html

In Melbourne

Suzuran
1025 Burke Road, Hawthorn, 3122
Tel: (03) 9882 2349

Fujimart (Really recommend this one!)
34A Elizabeth, South Yarra, 3141
Tel: (03) 9826 5839

Ichiba Junction (Daiwa Food)
17 Murdock Street, Clayton South 3169 VIC
Online Sales - www.ichibajunction.com.au
Tel: (03) 9562 7522

Jireh Korean & Japanese
309 Clayton Rd, Clayton, 3168
Tel:(03) 9543 6903

Tokyo Deli
418 Glenhuntly Road, Elsterwick, 3185
Tel: (03) 9523 6200

Omuro
9 Church Street, Brighton, 3186
Tel: (03) 9591 0633

Japanese Wholesale suppliers in Australia

Jun Pacific Corporation (Fujimart)
3/380 Eastern Vally Way, Chatswood, NSW

Japan Food Trading (Suzuran)
1025 Burke Road, Hawthorn, 3122 Victoria
Tel: (03) 9882 2349

Hakubaku Australia
Soba Noodles
7 Waringa Drive, Wendouree, Victoria
Tel: (03) 53395489

Oriental Merchant
10 Westgate Drive, Laverton North, Victoria

BKK Australia
4/120 Warren Rd, Smithfield, NSW

Foodville in Johnsonville, Wellington is a Korean food shop but has quite a good range of Japanese foods. There are quite a few Japanese food stores around (mostly 'Asian' but with some Japanese), it's quite possible to get almost anything you need. I'm growing mizuna, shiso, daikon and gobo at the moment too, just ordering seeds from local garden stores.

there is a handy magazine i used to pick up at a japanese resturant (ichi-ban, next to books kinokuniya) called J-Mag and it had a really good listing of different restaurants and shops selling japanese food. i remember there was one in cremorne on the north shore, not 100% sure what the name is but i think it may have been a tokyo mart.

thai kee in market city is goos, as is the miracle supermarkets (the one i used to go to is in world square).

i love finding little shops like these :)

Tokyo Mart in Northbridge Plaza. Absolutely huge! I just went there last week and managed to spend over $70 there. The great thing about this supermarket is they give you a loyalty discount card!

Tokyo Mart:
27 Northbridge Plz, Northbridge NSW 2063‎ - (02) 9958 6860‎

There is a little Korean shop on Cambridge Terrace in Wellington CBD which sometimes stocks some Japanese food, but mostly prepackaged stuff.

Opposite Pak N Save in Kilbirnie there is a Chinese supermarket which has basic Japanese cooking essentials.

Dixon Street in Wellington CBD has a Chinese supermarket as well which has frozen goods and a large range of Japanese snack foods as well as cooking essentials.

Yans Supermarket in Hopper Street (Wellington CBD fringe) has a small and expensive selection of things like mirin, sauces, sushi pockets, etc.

You can find a lot of the cooking basics in the "Asian" sections of Woolworths.

There is also a Korean shop in Wellington CBD on Dixon Street near the corner of Victoria Street which often has a few Japanese items as well - also they tend to have fresh mochi which is delicious... rather expensive there, probably due to location.

But there's nothing like the Auckland shops, so if you go to Auckland, STOCK UP!!!

anyone tried tsukiji supermarket in prahran, melbourne? it's named after the tsukiji fish market in tokyo. even has a good tho limited range of food, fresh fish, sushi and seafood amongst other japanese grocery essentials and homeware.

Tsukiji Supermarket
237 High St Prahran VIC 3181
0395102318

enjoy :)

AUCKLAND

Japan Mart has moved, no longer on Anzac Ave, one store in Newmarket and a second store at Sylvia Park, for details check website:

http://japanmart.co.nz/

Japan Mart is expensive but the only source for some items. For basics however I tend to shop at the ubiquitous Korean stores, so much cheaper and the quality is good. Surprising how many regular supermarkets have ingredients suitable for Japanese cooking, though a bit more expensive can be convenient.

Bento equipment! www.3japan.co.nz!!!

Try the Asian Food Warehouse.
I lived in Japan when I was young and this place has all the basics in one spot!

300 Manchester St,
cnr Salisbury and
Manchester St

(next To Briscoes)
New Zealand

Phone: +64 977-9544
Fax: +64 977-9547

Store Hours:

Monday - Friday

8.30am - 6.30pm

Weekends

9.00am - 6.30pm

http://www.asianfoodwarehouse.co.nz

in perth WA
there is a farmer jacks on girrawheen ave, girrawheen.
it sells huge selection of asian food with a fair variety of japanese food. they sell a lot of frozen and fresh meat as well. they also sell cantonese, vietnamese, chinese etc. theyre pretty cheap you can get pork fillet for about 6 to 7 dollars a kilo bread is a dollar and half a kilo bags of fish balls are about 4 dollars.
there is also another store a few doors down they sell asian groceries and frozen food in bulk but they dont have a huge variety though. although you can find some items you wouldnt normally find in many asian stores

JTT Discount Japanese Food
Unit 3 26-32 Kent Street
Mascot NSW 2020
Entry via Ossary Street

Opening Hours
10:30 - 18:00 Mon - Fri
10:30 - 17:00 Sat

http://www.jtt.com.au/index.e.html

A great shop newly opened to the public.
Fantastic range of foods, including frozen.
Friendly staff. Check out their website.

Please note my previous post - JTT is in Kent Road not street.

Re: grocery stores in Perth, Australia...

- VHT on William St, Perth, sells a good selection of Japanese groceries (including refrigerated items). It has the largest range of Japanese food items I've seen so far in an Asian food store in Perth

- Emma's Seafood also on William St, Perth. The range is smaller than VHT and more expensive

Both VHT and Emma's are open 7 days a week

- Nippon Food Supplies Shop 26, Crossways Shopping Centre, Subiaco, WA 6008. Haven't been here yet but aiming to go in the next fortnight - recently returned from Japan and there are things I can't find at VHT that I miss and hope Nippon stocks. Opens M-F 10am-6pm, Sat 9am-5pm

Does anyone know of any Japanese food stores in the Newcastle area? I would like to try this stuff, but I don't look forward to a three and a half hour train ride there and back, to get groceries every week.

In Melbourne, the best I have found is a place called Fuji Mart at 34 Elizabeth St in South Yarra (just off Chapel St, close to the Prahran Market).

There is also Laguna upstairs at QV in the CBD, which has a limited range of Japanese groceries (more Chinese, but some Chinese foods are similar, like dried shiitake, nori etc).

Also, in Melbourne, often a good bet is Asian-run fresh food markets. These often have useful Asian groceries, including some Japanese ones.

Hope this helps!! :)

I know of a few!

In Sydney (NSW)
1. Name of store: Maruyu
Address: Basement & Ground Floor, 283-285 Clarence St., Sydney
Phone number: (02) 9267 0882
Website if available:
General comments about the size of store, selection, etc:
I think this website pretty much sums it up: http://www.jenius.com.au/2010/02/100_yen_shop_sydney.php
I think it's a mediocre 100 yen store.

Name of store: Thai Kee IGA
Address: Level 1, Market City (Cnr Hay & Thomas Street in the city above Sydney's Paddy's Markets)
Phone number: 9211 3844
Website if available: http://www.marketcity.com.au/stores/supermarketfreshfood/thaikeeiga.amx
General comments about the size of store, selection, etc: It is a very large supermarket with over half of the aisles stocking Asian food. There's about one long aisle of Japanese food. I come here to buy natto.

In Melbourne (VIC)
Name of store: Daiso
Address: Shop 23, 313 Victoria Street
Abbotsford VIC 3067
Phone number:
Website if available: http://www.daiso.com.au/
General comments about the size of store, selection, etc:
It's a new 100 yen store with a large variety of goods. There is a confectionary aisle and also a decent number of bento supplies.

Go Go Mart @ Gold Coast http://gogomart.blogspot.com/

One of the shops that you have listed in Brisbane - Crossways Shopping Centre in Subiaco - is actually in Perth :)

I am researching what happens to the eating and drinking habits of Japanese people who come to live in Adelaide. It seems there is not much here in terms of specifically Japanese grocery stores other than Little Tokyo. If anyone can give me the names and locations of other places that would be great. I am also looking for Japanese residents of Adelaide to take part in a survey of eating and drinking habits, which I will be using for my dissertation paper for my MA in Gastronomy with the University of Adelaide. Confidentiality assured, names will not be published in the dissertation paper.
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I am considering relocating to Darwin in the near future. Is there anyhwere I can buy Japanese food there? I managed to find 4 Japanese restaurants listed there but none for the food. I could possibly get by with a basic minimum - ie soy sauce, miso, rice, hopefully natto, which my son loves......

Does anyone know any japanese or even just asian food stores in the eastern subburbs of sydney?

South Auckland, New Zealand

I know of a shop in Takanini, south auckland which makes its own tofu, from ORGANIC soybeans! I get my tofu from there, not only because it's organic, but because it's FRESH. And it is so so so difficult to get FRESH ORGANIC tofu in Auckland. They also sell kinugoshi (which is again, very hard to find) and you can eat hiyayakko with it! Not only so, they also have fresh organic soymilk. Not only taste well, but good for hotpots. And most importantly, they make organic natto. Ah. Everytime I eat these, feel as though I'm back in Japan :) I heard they have marinated tofu (with seaweed). Haven't tried it though.
Anyway, I spoke to one of the staff and they say they are doing up their website soon.
www.vegetofu.co.nz
You can call and order via phone 09-2677428.

Hi all, I have bought all my Japanese food supplies from a small but good shop in Sydney in a small mall behind Woolworths supermarket in George St, opposite Town Hall. It,s a bit tricky to find, but you can also enter the mall from Pitt st. behind Woollies. I even got some nuka (rice bran for making pickles) there. I now need some more as I neglected to stir it,so if anyone knows a shop on the Gold Coast that sells it, please let me know as I,m now in Ballina.

Japan City
120 Cuba St.
Te Aro, Wellington

Centrally located store with a tiny choice of basic packaged cooking igridients: rice, miso, sauces, nuts, nori, wakame... What they sell in the first place is kitchen accessoires (bento boxes, dishes, cups), some Japanese beaty profucts and lots of cute stuff for children.

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Asian Mart
19 Shotover Street
Queenstown East 9300

Very decent choice of Japanese groceries.

Japanese food/item store in Auckland, New Zleand

Japan Mart
435 Khyber Pass Rd, Newmarket, Auckland 1023
09-522 8291
http://japanmart.co.nz/

I havent been in awhile, but from what i remember they have quite a good selection.

Sunmart Japanese Groceries - have been on the Gold Coast for over 20 years.. now have an online store www.sunmartgc.com.au/store and ships Australia wide.

They are situated at Q Super Centre at Mermaid Waters on the Gold Coast.

a great selection of authentic japanese foods.

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