{"id":538383,"date":"2026-03-15T17:16:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T17:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/538383\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T17:16:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T17:16:12","slug":"one-of-japans-largest-retailers-is-opening-a-new-metro-vancouver-store-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/538383\/","title":{"rendered":"One of Japan&#8217;s largest retailers is opening a new Metro Vancouver store this week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Japanese lifestyle retailer MUJI will soon open a huge new store in Metro Vancouver, and there\u2019s lots for fans of the brand to get excited about.<\/p>\n<p>The Japanese clothing and household goods retailer is building its newest Canadian store at Tsawwassen Mills in Delta that will span over 10,000 sq. ft. Shoppers can expect to find a full range of products from kitchen to apparel and travel necessities.<\/p>\n<p>It will be <a href=\"https:\/\/muji.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">MUJI<\/a>\u2018s fourth store in the region, joining locations in Vancouver, Burnaby, and Richmond. It is part of a strategic investment in the region for the nearly 50-year-old company.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Muji\" title=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2252368\" style=\"color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Muji-819x1024.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2252368\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Muji<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExpanding our presence in British Columbia has been a strategic priority for us, driven by strong customer demand and a desire to be closer to the communities we serve,\u201d said Richard Rappaport, president of MUJI Canada, in a release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOpening at Tsawwassen allows us to engage more closely with Canadian customers and local partners while delivering a MUJI experience that feels thoughtfully rooted in the community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>MUJI\u2019s first store opening in B.C. since 2020 will feature thousands of different items, including clothing for men, women, and kids; shoes; pens; bags; tablewares and kitchenwares; notebooks; stationery such as pens; unique Japanese snacks; flexible storage options; skincare; diffusers; bedding; bathroom and cleaning essentials; and more.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Muji\" title=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2252370\" style=\"color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Muji-1-1024x1024.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2252370\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Muji<\/p>\n<p>Shoppers can get their first look inside on the official opening day on Saturday, March 21, at 11 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>The store will be open seven days a week at Tsawwassen Mills, with hours of operation from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Sundays to Wednesdays, and until 9 p.m. on Thursdays to Saturdays.<\/p>\n<p>MUJI entered the Metro Vancouver market by opening its first store at Metropolis at Metrotown mall in Burnaby in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyhive.com\/vancouver\/muji-store-vancouver-metropolis-at-metrotown\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">August 2017<\/a>, in a 7,700 sq ft space that was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyhive.com\/vancouver\/muji-metrotown-store-expansion\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">quickly expanded<\/a>\u00a0to 12,300 sq ft with a flagship status in October 2018 due to high demand.<\/p>\n<p>The chain\u2019s second Metro Vancouver store opened on Robson Street in downtown Vancouver in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyhive.com\/vancouver\/muji-robson-vancouver-flagship-photos-opening-2017\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December 2017<\/a>, in a 14,500 sq ft space that was MUJI\u2019s largest international store outside of Asia at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Muji currently operates over 1,000 stores in over 30 countries around the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Japanese lifestyle retailer MUJI will soon open a huge new store in Metro Vancouver, and there\u2019s lots for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":538384,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[49,48,55],"class_list":["post-538383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=538383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538383\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/538384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=538383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=538383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=538383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}