Oriental Shop — Local services in Madison

You can find the hard-to-find Japanese import items that no one else carries! Sushi grade (deep frozen) tuna, salmon, squid, octopus, and more. Fresh deli items like dango made in house daily. I was able to find different natto, inari, hijiki seaweed, lotus root, konjac, burdock root, daikon radish, adzuki red beans, tamago egg pan, calpico concentrate, quality rice, every flavor furikake, okashi of all the favorites and candy and chocolates. Tons of Japanese imports that will satisfy people missing Japanese food and snacks, both native Japanese love to shop here and all the goodies that travelers will enjoy to remember Japan as well. Everything is priced very competitively and much lower than the price I pay to order online, and so I'd rather travel here and stock up on groceries. Please note that no cards for payment can be taken, they don't have a card reader on site. You must pay using a check or cash only. I will return soon to stock up! I love this place. I ate the mackerel and inari pockets right away. Best Japanese import...

Madison is loaded with Asian markets, but Oriental Shop caters to the Japanese market. The couple there are quite kind, and they are honest and truly care about you and making sure their goods are top quality. I trust them so much I only buy my seafood for sushi and sashimi from them. Here I made a chirashi bowl with just some of the seafood they had to offer. I even bought a ramen style bowl from them.

She buys fish larger, to cut down on costs. She then cuts them in smaller sections and those savings are in sure given to you. If you want something special, you can ask her to order it for you sometimes.

Every time I go I am surprised by something new they will have, and know she will know about the products they sell. This is really my most favorite shop in Madison. I would give it 10...

I recently went to three other Asian shops/markets in the area, and I can say that I had the most success in finding what I was looking for, as well as had the best time when shopping here. I must say, I'm biased, in that I was mostly looking for Japanese products, but nevertheless this store left me with a lasting positive impression. The store-co owner who was working at the time was very nice, and was still nice after I asked to buy a loaf of bread after checking out - oops! I forgot.

The look and feel of the store is really cute and nice, being that its so jam packed and well-decorated. You really get the feeling that everything was selected with care. I will certainly be...