{"id":367516,"date":"2026-08-10T15:10:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T15:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/367516\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T15:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T15:10:08","slug":"popular-japanese-convenience-store-ebisu-will-open-worlds-largest-location-in-tampa-bay-this-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/367516\/","title":{"rendered":"Popular Japanese convenience store Ebisu will open world\u2019s largest location in Tampa Bay this Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"585\" data-attachment-id=\"366066\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/food-drink\/openings-and-closings\/popular-japanese-convenience-store-ebisu-will-open-worlds-largest-location-in-tampa-bay-this-friday\/attachment\/514662054_122247213506145746_2574948937113886723_n\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/514662054_122247213506145746_2574948937113886723_n.jpg?fit=2000%2C1500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1500\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"514662054_122247213506145746_2574948937113886723_n\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The Ebisu Life Store  in Raleigh, N.C.&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/514662054_122247213506145746_2574948937113886723_n.jpg?fit=780%2C585&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/514662054_122247213506145746_2574948937113886723_n.jpg\" alt=\"High-angle view of shoppers browsing aisles stocked with Japanese snacks, stationery, and household goods inside an Ebisu store\" class=\"wp-image-366066\"  \/>The Ebisu Life Store  in Raleigh, N.C. Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ebisuraleigh\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ebisu Life Store\/Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usebisu.com\/en\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ebisu Life Store<\/a>, a wildly popular Japanese lifestyle shop filled with snacks, blind boxes and obscure collectibles, will debut its largest ever location in Tampa Bay this week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Db1qUpoFfNR\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> social media post<\/a> from the company, the new Ebisu will open this Friday, Aug. 14, at 10 a.m. at 6234 Commerce Palms Dr., in Tampa Palms. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To celebrate, Ebisu is offering exclusive deals and giveaways on a variety of snack bags, blind boxes, cosmetics and more with qualifying purchases.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Founded in Osaka, Japan in 2013, Ebisu specializes in aisles and aisles of imported Japanese snacks, cult-favorite candies and drinks, plushies, kawaii collectibles, arcade style claw machines, rows of Gashapon machines, and more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new 21,597-square-foot outpost is a former Joann Fabrics at the Market Square shopping center, and dwarfs the 14,756-square-foot Orlando store, which opened last February and at the time was the company\u2019s largest footprint to date.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ebisu Life Store is not affiliated with the popular Seminole Heights restaurant <a href=\"https:\/\/ebisusushishack.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ebisu Sushi Shack<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/altnewsfoundation.org\/cl-tampa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pitch in to help make the Tampa Bay Journalism Project a success.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/tampa-newslettersignup-page\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to Creative Loafing newsletters.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAiECLjru3gB6BLYKOKFLfkVZsqFAgKIhAi467t4AegS2CjihS35FWb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google News<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbreak.com\/@c\/1599764?s=01\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NewsBreak<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/CreativeLoafingTampa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reddit<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cltampabay\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cltampabay\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/cltampabay.bsky.social\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BlueSky<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"collection-link has-small-font-size\">This article appears in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/collections\/august-06-12-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aug. 06-12, 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated\n<\/p>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Ebisu Life Store in Raleigh, N.C. 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