{"id":79861,"date":"2025-12-03T15:19:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T15:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/79861\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T15:19:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T15:19:08","slug":"asian-grocery-store-tokyo-central-will-open-in-early-2026-in-emeryville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/79861\/","title":{"rendered":"Asian grocery store Tokyo Central will open in early 2026 in Emeryville"},"content":{"rendered":"

Happy tidings for those seeking satsuma mandarins, Hokkaido cream puffs and instant yakisoba. A major Japanese market will soon open in Emeryville<\/a>, with not just groceries but imported beauty and health products.<\/p>\n

Tokyo Central<\/a> will hold its grand opening on Jan. 31 and Feb. 1, 2026, at the Bay Street Emeryville shopping complex<\/a>, according to a mall representative. The bottom-level store is located at 5603 Bay St. in a newly built 40,000-square-foot-plus anchor building, with a rooftop given over to roughly 110 parking spots.<\/p>\n

The store will stock fresh Japanese produce and staples \u2014 purple sweet potatoes, Koshihikari rice, Kurobuta pork belly \u2014 as well as made-to-order and take-away meals (including sushi), health items and beauty products, including ever-so-crucial Korean-beauty lines.<\/p>\n

There will also be an \u201cupscale dining establishment serving fresh and authentic Japanese cuisine,\u201d according to Bay Street Emeryville, though its identity is yet known. (It probably won\u2019t be a Benihana, as one of those is scheduled to move in nearby at a former Chevy\u2019s Fresh Mex location<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

\"AA computer rendering shows the Asian grocery store Tokyo Central, which is scheduled to open Jan. 31, 2026, at the Bay Street Emeryville shopping center. (Courtesy of Bay Street Emeryville)\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tokyo Central is owned by Japanese company Pan Pacific Retail Management, which also runs the grocery chains Gelson\u2019s and Don Quijote. While there are about half a dozen Tokyo Centrals in the Los Angeles region, there\u2019s only one other in the Bay Area, in Cupertino. For Emeryville<\/a>, this massive Asian grocery will be a citywide first.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe addition of an Asian grocer at Bay Street Emeryville bolsters CenterCal Properties\u2019 commitment to reimagine the merchandising of their properties to reflect the communities they serve \u2014 especially in the culturally rich Bay Area where Asians make up the second-largest demographic profile in the region,\u201d the commercial real-estate company behind the shopping company said in a statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Aside from stocking Japanese pantry staples, beer and sake and other things, Tokyo Central is known for holding special sales and events. At other locations this year, it has staged pop-ups featuring delicacies from specific prefectures of Japan, and also threw a \u201cBluefin Tuna Cutting Show\u201d with sashimi tastings afterward.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe Asian grocery store Tokyo Central is scheduled to open Jan. 31, 2026, at the Bay Street Emeryville shopping center. (John Metcalfe\/Bay Area News Group)\u00a0<\/p>\n

Details: Grand opening is scheduled for Jan. 31 and Feb. 1, 2026, at 5603 Bay St., Emeryville; tokyocentral.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Happy tidings for those seeking satsuma mandarins, Hokkaido cream puffs and instant yakisoba. A major Japanese market will…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":79862,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144,45800],"class_list":{"0":"post-79861","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-oakland","8":"tag-oakland","9":"tag-oakland-headlines","10":"tag-oakland-news","11":"tag-san-francisco-bay-area-oakland-emeryville-cupertino-tokyo-central-japanese-asian-grocery-stores-groceries-markets-supermarkets-bay-street-amc-pocky-sushi"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79861","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=79861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79861\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}