{"id":160599,"date":"2026-02-02T18:47:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T18:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/160599\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T18:47:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T18:47:08","slug":"massive-turnout-for-emeryvilles-tokyo-central","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/160599\/","title":{"rendered":"Massive turnout for Emeryville&#8217;s Tokyo Central"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/830a-tokyo-central-emeryville_00.00.09.08.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-7d0efd03=\"\"\/> article <\/p>\n<p data-v-7d0efd03=\"\">Hundreds of people line up to enter Tokyo Central in Emeryville. Jan. 31, 2026\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">EMERYVILLE, Calif. &#8211; A new specialty grocery store has opened in the East Bay.<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">Tokyo Central officially opened its doors at Emeryville\u2019s Bay Street shopping center following a ribbon-cutting ceremony Saturday morning. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/food\/article\/tokyo-central-emeryville-21307889.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">San Francisco Chronicle<\/a> reported there were 700 people waiting in line at 10 a.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">Emeryville Mayor Sukhdeep Kaur attended the event, welcoming the store to the city.<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">Kaur said the opening represents more than the launch of a new business, pointing to the company\u2019s focus on community connections.<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">Following the ribbon cutting, a large line of customers stretched out onto the sidewalk as shoppers waited to enter. Inside, the store offers a wide selection of items, including fresh grab-and-go sushi and sandwiches, a hot food bar, and a variety of Japanese cuisine staples and sweets.<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">The Emeryville store is Tokyo Central\u2019s second Bay Area location. The company\u2019s first Bay Area store serves shoppers in Cupertino.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktvu.com\/tag\/us\/ca\/alameda-county\/emeryville\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-2899190a=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Emeryville<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktvu.com\/tag\/lifestyle\/food-drink\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-2899190a=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Food and Drink<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article Hundreds of people line up to enter Tokyo Central in Emeryville. Jan. 31, 2026\u00a0 EMERYVILLE, Calif. &#8211;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":160600,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[389,1184,12043,1339,971,100,143,145,144,1181],"class_list":["post-160599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-alameda-county","tag-ca","tag-emeryville","tag-food-drink","tag-lifestyle","tag-news","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}