Japanese Grocery Store
Friday, Jun. 1, 2012 | 29 Comments
There’s something about foreign grocery stores I just love. Such a fundamental part of daily life. Different and universal all at once. Visited them while in Germany, Spain, France, and now Japan. Actually, visiting ones in different areas of the US has its own charms as well. Regional foods and so on. So here are a few shots I managed to sneak in between shopping. I picked up loads of fruit for the hotel fridge since I enjoy eating fresh fruit daily no matter where I am. 
I’m so beyond obsessed with pancakes after this freakin’ trip!
A little of what I bought.
I actually put those tote bags from a few posts earlier to REALLY good use 
I bought one of those pumpkin pastries and these packaged pancakes with butter inside them that were DELICIOUS. Ugh, but like a lot of things, I didn’t take a photo. Oh well~
I also bought strawberries and multiple huge apples.
Jenny posted at 5:09 pm; Friday (2 weeks ago)
tags: japan trip, travel, japanese food
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OMG Pancakes with butter inside them! So bad, yet so good…
Japanese grocery stores (and especially Japanese farmers’ markets) are just charming. I always grab some takoyaki before leaving, haha! Great post.
I love tagging along to groceries, too.
Kanipan is so good!
They started stock the BIG versions in the specialist market near where I live and I totally can’t get enough of them!
I love visiting grocery stores in other countries too (thought that was just one of my weird habits, thank god it’s not just me, haha!) since nowhere seems to be like the UK. Nowhere else has Tesco, I guess, haha! Well, not to our crazy levels. Japanese stores always seem really different to everywhere else, including other parts of Asia.
xo.
I think Kanipan is my freakin fav bread snack while there. Hands down. Simple and slightly sweet
You are so right about visiting grocery stores in different countries or simply in your own country. They are so interesting yet similar. It’s fun to notice the odd and weird product. I personally also enjoy visiting small artisanat grocery stores. You will find the most intersting and delicious treats. The most memorable treats and foods in a trip are the local grocery store if you ask me. They have such a lovely charms.
Do you need to bake the pancake? I saw this before in Malaysia but I didn’t buy it. I have no idea how to make it. Just eat my breakfast but I feel like eating the pancake (z.z). lol
Well the photo of pancakes is an ice cream dessert version ready to eat. But I also bought regular “ready to eat” pancakes with butter. They also sold them with honey and with syrup. No baking required
WOW! Can I just live there?
Everything looks so cute. We don’t get many stuff because of customs regulations.
We used to get melon pan years ago, not anymore. :/ Japanese groceries over here sell more candy and snacks than pastries.
You were around Children’s day, right? Because of the koinobori.
Thanks for sharing your pics!
That’s right! Lots of Children’s Day displays but this was the most colorful one
I remember when I entered the States for the first time, I could go in grocery stores forever and just look at all the cool stuff! I would love to visit a Japanese grocery store, they sure look awesome!
Japan will bankrupt us all!! Ha ha, it must have been so fun shopping around the grocery. Ahhh I want matcha :
Oohh, I, too, love to visit grocery stores wherever I travel! I like to see “daily life” sorts of things.
lol there is an inageya grocery store right next door my husbands familys house in tokyo, i literally went there every day! and i had those “piggy” breads and they were beyond delish! i miss inageya~! lol
Japanese grocery stores always carry the cutest and yet creative stuff!!
o0o they have such interesting stuff!
arwwww too much delicious things to eat! i get crazy!! *Q* i especially like the cute piggy bread (?) :’3
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those pancakes sound amazing
Love the post! grocery stores in other countries are so interesting! Tells you so much about the culture
oh my.. this looks interesting !!! i would be there for hours i think whahaha
mommy I love…lol..
yeah going to grocery is always so familiar and strange…especially like mega groceries. Theres this one in Mexico Ive been to a few times called “MEGA” and It’s like somewhere between a super Kmart a superwalmart and a giant whole foods, its sooo strange but familiar….
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AHAHAHAHAHAHA more like so flustered. So fail. So awkward Jenny hurhur
I really want to try the Matcha Latte ;-; I made it with regular green tea and taste really good!
BTW, for some reason, japanese food looks so cute! And really yummmy! 
About the blog, yes ;-; Again! But this time, i really liked the name! For combining two things that i like! 
Hopes it goes better than the others… -_-
OMGGGG the little piggies!!! awwwww i can never eat anything that’s cute like that because I feel sorry for it ;_______;
AAh eveything looks so yummy *-*
aw~the piggy bread is so cute ^.^
Ahh Kanipan, so nostalgic of my time there. It’s perfect with a milk iced coffee ♥
Hot cakes!!
nice to get a glimpse at what daily life is through these little places, right?