Yaoya-San

Favorite Japanese grocery store hands down. Lots of specialty ingredients and fresh produce. I can get a big bag of flakey salt for $4. Everyone who works here is very kind and helpful. I’m hopeful they’ll add Japanese sunscreen to their skincare section.

i'm thankful that there are grocery stores that sell Japanese products. However, the management or ownership has some problems with their business model. They could greatly increase their bottom line and revenue by allowing food stamps to be used here. Management and ownership is just lazy to go through the necessary channels to make food available to everyone. Additionally their food is very overpriced for highly processed foods. Lots of meat that has nitrates and tons of products that have monosodium glutamate along with other preservatives. Their non-organic produce is more expensive than organic produce. Regardless of whether food is imported, it should be allowed to be purchased with food stamps. I will refrain from shopping here and support 99 Ranch market, which is just down the street. There's a reason why 99 Ranch market is much more lucrative business and their prices are way better. This grocery store is highly overrated and I do not wasting your time or money shopping here

My favorite place to go for Japanese grocery (especially hot pot ingredients and eggs), bentos, onigiri, rolls/makimono, side dishes, various sweet and savory buns, breads, desserts, etc… and household items. I’ve been shopping here for about 15 years and am always amazed at the selection. Now that they took over the adjacent store space that used to be a Japanese dollar store, the shopping experience is even better with the wider aisles and modernized displays for refrigerated and frozen goods. The staff is friendly and helpful. Many are at least bilingual. I also love that most of the people at the register know how to pack the items efficiently into your bags taking weight distribution and whether an item is refrigerated/frozen or not into consideration (like they do in Japan). Lastly Moser Square where Yaoyasan is located has plenty of parking too.

Always super fresh meat and fish, and best selection of sauces and meal prep in East Bay. Bento and sushi selection hard to beat, plus they have trilingual staff,English, Japanese and Spanish are all spoken. Great neighborhood grocery store for Asian foods and cookware.

Our family has been going to this Japanese grocery store for decades. It expanded some years ago and offers even more yummy goodness. It’s nice to not have to go to Tokyo fish, San Jose, or brave the crowds of Ranch 99 and still be able to find everything I need. I find they have even more of a selection of some things than you will find at Tokyo fish, like fresh noodles, tofu, kimchee, miso, furikake. They also bring in a small selection of sushi and lunch items daily. I’d recommend going early if you want to see and select from those. In the back, there’s also a nice selection of fish for sashimi, and some grilled meats. I always manage to spend a bit much, but come away with ingredients for many meals, for much less than I would spend eating out.