吉池 本店 — Local services in Tokyo

This is a place where local people shop. If you stay at a place with a kitchen, this is where you go. They carrying a lot of items. You should take your time. They also offered excellent meat department. Everything they sells are a lot cheaper than the department store shopping market. They also have a excellent seafood market that is on the first floor. Access is via small alleyway behind Uniqlo. Just follow the sign that says Fresh Fish. Their supermarket is in the basement of Uniqlo, just follow the sign, "General Grocery".

If you're in the Shinjuku area, The best way is to get to Shinjuku train station and look for JR West gate. Once you find it look for (JY) Yamamote line. The best way to get to the store is to take the Yamamote Line and exit Okachimachi station. Once you exit the Southside of the station, you turn left and the supermarket is...

Amazing supermarket. 3 levels of excellent seafood and other items at reasonable prices. We went there to buy sushi bentos and brought them to the Ueno park for picnic . It was great. We were early, around 10 am so the bentos are so fresh and great quality. The ground floor had sashimi sets, b1 had bentos and b2 had sake etc. The ground floor staff even accommodated our request to slice the salmon into sashimi as they didn’t have it on their sashimi choices. There were sets containing hamachi, toro , chutoro and scallops. They also have oysters and king crab. If you live nearby , get their wagyu beef too for an easy yakiniku or shabu shabu. This is a very local supermarket and even the area is not...

Tucked and hidden away behind Uniqlo Okachimachi, this supermarket and seafood market is an unknown gem to tourists. Everything from live seafood to sliced sashimi you can find them here. If tourists were to know this place, the Ueno sushi restaurants nearby would be out of business. As fresh as it gets, you can buy very wallet friendly sushi and sashimi. There's also a huge grocery section in the basement. From instant noodles to crab miso, crispy chips and sweets you can get them here!! Way cheaper and a larger selection than the rows of sourvenir stores at Ameyoko. First off, you read it here. No further need to buy Japanese snacks for home at the expensive and touristy Ueno stores. Come...