Want to cook Japanese or Asian dishes but don’t have a store nearby? Here are the shops and marketplace where you can get Asian ingredients online.
Although I’m far away from my home country Japan, I’m fortunate to live near 3 Japanese grocery stores 15 minutes away from our home in the San Francisco area. They carry fresh Japanese produces, dry Asian ingredients, thinly sliced meat, sashimi, and many other products that we can’t find in regular American grocery stores. In the same locale, I can also access to other Asian grocery stores that offer similar goods for Japanese and Asian cooking.
But I understand many folks across the country and outside of the US don’t have such luxuries. Unless you live in a large city, you may need to rely on online shops to get your necessities. So I’ve put together this resource page featuring online shops that offer a wide range of Japanese & Asian ingredients. Also included are trustable shops offering seafood, meat, and even Asian seed company where you can grow your own greens. Hope you find it useful!
Asian Ingredients Online
Here are the sites that I know and have personally used before. If you know of any reliable Japanese or Asian online shops in your country, let us know in the comments below!
United States
Amazon is the easiest online marketplace for Japanese and Asian ingredients. On my Just One Cookbook Shop page, I’ve curated a selection of pantry essentials, kitchen tools, and cookware that I recommend:
Other online shops include:
- 99 Ranch Market
- True fish (formerly ABS Seafood) San Francisco – Sashimi and seafood
- Asian Food Grocer
- Asian Veggies (NYC) – Asian vegetables. Delivery to NYC and part of New Jersey
- Catalina Offshore Products – Sashimi and seafood
- Crowd Cow – Premium Seafood such as salmon, wild Alaskan king crab, and high-quality meat such as wagyu beef and heritage tenderloin
- Dainobu – Japanese online grocery store
- Gohan Market
- Good Eggs – Japanese fresh produces (Japanese cucumbers, shiso, komatsuna, etc)
- Gold Mine Natural Foods
- HMart
- True Leaf Market – Have a garden at home? This company offers a wide selection of Asian seeds where you can grow mizuna, mitsuba, shiso, shishito peppers, etc.
- MTC Kitchen Home – home delivery in NYC and LA
- Natural Imports
- Pacific Mercantile Company
- SFMart.com – Offers a wide range of Korean, Japanese, and Chinese ingredients and ships all over the US.
- Suzuki Farm – Established in 1983 in Delmar, Delaware, Suzuki Farm is the only Japanese vegetable producer on the East Coast.
- The Japanese Pantry – Curated Japanese ingredients
- The Rice Factory New York – The world’s first Japanese rice specialty shop
- Umami Insider – Ships all over the US and Canada
- Umami Mart
- Weee!
- Yamibuy – Offers a wide range of Japanese and Asian ingredients and products
- Yummy Bazzar Japan
Canada
- Konbiniya Japan Center – Besides local delivery in Calgary, this Japanese grocery store also offers shipping to Calgary and Alberta.
- Eden Foods – This company offers a variety of Japanese ingredients such as soba, udon, miso, umeboshi, kombu, nori sheet, etc. The website provides information on online retailers that carry their products.
- T&T Supermarket – The shop focuses more on Chinese ingredients, but you can find a variety of Asian products and fresh produce.
- Umami Insider – Ships all over the US and Canada
United Kingdom
- Japan Centre
- Starry Mart
- Wai Yee Hong
- Oriental Mart
- souschef.co.uk
- japan-foods.co.uk
- asiangroceryuk.com
- souschef.co.uk
- Yepss.co.uk
- Yutaka London
- morueats.com
- Natural Natural
Australia
- Snack Affair – Offers a wide range of Japanese and Asian snacks.
Belgium
- pimenton.be – The online shop carries a wide selection of ingredients for world cuisine, but you’ll be able to find some essential Japanese products such as soy sauce, togarashi pepper, sake, seaweed, Kewpie mayo, soba noodles and more.
Bulgaria
- Alex Fish – They also have a physical store.
- Tako Foods
France
- Nishikidori – Shipping available for Europe and internationally
Switzerland
- YumiHana – They also have a physical store.
United Arab Emirates
- Gourmet-ya (Online delivery in Dubai, Dubai International Airport and Abu Dhabi)
Local Japanese & Asian Grocery Stores in Your City
Looking for local Japanese/Asian grocery stores in your city? Check out the list for grocery stores around the world provided by local JOC readers. Some of the shops also provide local delivery, so it’s worth looking them up!
Umami Cart went out of business recently. I’m so sad because that’s where I got all my fresh produce I can’t get locally. Do you know of another website that ships fresh Asian produce?
Hi Care, we have never tried Asian Veggies (NYC), but it might be a good option for you. Please check our list in the post! 🙂
Ocean Mart ! Several in SLC Utah area https://maps.app.goo.gl/XBwg7jxwhszvK8hXA
Hello there, Eric! This store does not appear to be an online store, and it is listed on our grocery store page.
https://www.justonecookbook.com/japanese-grocery-stores-around-the-world/
Thank you for mentioning the store. 🙂
I have had good luck/service from Gohan Market, https://gohanmarket.com Noodles, pickles, seasonings. Things I haven’t been able to get since Mitsuwa stopped their online shop three years ago.
Hello, David! Thank you very much for letting us know about the store!
We have included it in our list.😊
Hey Nami, great page. Please add morueats.com, it’s a UK based Asian online shop which recently launched and sells Japanese products. Thank you 🙂
Hello, William! We’d put the shop on our list.
Thank you for visiting our page and providing us with the information. 🙂
For upcoming Boy’s Day I want to make kashiwamochi with white miso-an filling. I don’t know where to obtain the kashiwa no ha (oak leaves). Nami San, where do you obtain the oak leaves?
Gloria
Hi Gloria, Thank you so much for reading Nami’s post and trying her recipes.
You can order from this company. https://anything-from-japan.com/oak-leaves-for-kashiwamochi-8-leaves
Or check your local Japanese store around Boy’s day.
https://www.justonecookbook.com/kashiwa-oak-leaves/
We hope this helps!🤗
Good morning JOC, Vancouver Canada has a lovely Japanese grocery store called Fujiya.
https://www.fujiya.ca/
Arigato,
Lori
Hi Lori! Thank you very much for your input!
Currently, this store only delivers premade food. Were you able to order groceries online?
Hello
Thank you for the list.
Could you please add this online shop from France to the list? https://www.nishikidori.com/en/
It has a very nice and big selection of Japanese goods and groceries. They ship worldwide, but this shop is especially interesting for us who live in Europe.
Thank you.
What a great recommendation! Thank you, Daniel. I’ve added Nishikidori to the list.
Hello Nami, thank you for sharing your recipes. I am a beginner in learning about Japanese cooking and I appreciate very much you sharing your recipes from the heart. I wonder if you could point out to me where best to buy dehydrated colorful seaweed mix online and/or in stores so that I can make healthy salad with seasoned vinegar/ sesame oil/ etc… I love eating cold seaweed salad in the summer. I live in the south Bay Area. Thank you!
Hi Monica! Thank you very much for reading Nami’s post and trying her recipe!
We often find dehydrated colorful seaweed mix in the local Asian markets. Try Nijiya, Mitsuwa, Marukai too.
We hope this helps!
Hello! Do you have a good online source for Unagi? I can buy it at our Asian market in Reno, but it has Corn Syrup and other ingredients I would rather not give to my daughter to eat! I would love a recommendation. And possibly a recipe for unagi bbq sauce. 😊
Hi Mary, Thank you very much for reading Nami’s Post.
Currently, We do not have a good online source for Unagi. Sorry… But we have a homemade Unagi sauce recipe.🙂
https://www.justonecookbook.com/unagi-sauce-2/
We hope this helps!
I’ve bought from https://americanunagi.com/ and it was quite good. You do need to grill it yourself which is a little tricky.
Definitely American Unagi from Maine – makes a really nice fresh unagi kabeyaki, and also their smoked eel is nice. And it’s sustainable! Only challenge is each frozen packet has several filets stuck to each other, so to use less I defrost for a bit and pry them apart to refreeze the rest.
They were actually just featured on PBS Nova in a really nice piece: https://www.pbs.org/video/sea-change-survival-in-the-gulf-of-maine-fqrwhr/
Wow… you always have best resources!!! I never knew those stores even existed lol
Hi JKH! We are glad to hear you enjoyed this post! Thank you very much for your kind feedback!
Hi Nami, could you please add yepss.co.uk to the list of British stores? They have a good choice of Asian groceries in general as well as fresh fruit and veg. Bought from them couple times and they are usually my go to shop when my local stores run out of stuff I need.
Sure, Aga. We’ve added yepss to the list. Thanks for letting us know.
Hi Nami,
Just a quick note to say we’re honored to be receiving many referrals to our realwasabi.com and sushipantrycom e-commerce sites from you. Thank you very much for your confidence in recommending us.
I would like to send you some complimentary samples of other authentic Japanese ingredients that we have available, including organic nori, umeboshi paste, plums and vinegar and other items for your review. Would also love to link, with your permission, your recipes to our site. Best to you and yours! Doug Lambrecht
Founder, Real Wasabi, LLC
Hi Doug! Thank you for reaching out to us.
We’re happy to hear we send some of our readers to your site. You can link Nami’s recipes from your website, but please do not share our written recipes on your site. We appreciate your kind sharing.
As regard product samples, please contact hello@justonecookbook.com directly to discuss further. Thank you!
Hi Nami, I’m so excited to have found your blog! can’t wait to read more and cook some amazing recipes. I love Japanese flavours and want to have more of it in my life! Have a lovely weekend 🙂
Hi Alice, Thank you very much for your love and support! We hope you enjoy many dishes from our website!
Dear Nami,
I live in Boise, Idaho. I would like to eat natto on a regular basis but cannot find a source locally. Can you recommend a brand and a place where I can buy a high quality, organic product shipped to Boise? I have experienced delicous natto in Japan.
Thank you for your kindness,
Penni-anne Bricker
Hi Penni-anne, Have you checked Orient Market in Boise? Most stores import Natto from Japan and keep them in the freezer section. We had looked online to see if any store can deliver Natto to your area but unfortunately couldn’t find any maybe because it has to be ship refrigerated.😕 Nami personally likes smaller beans (me too 😉) and only buy organic but don’t have a specific brand to recommend. We hope Natto gets more popular in your area and able to purchase from many stores soon.
Some of these stores are non-Asian specific or South Asian and you will be hard pressed to find more than soy sauce or nori. I’d be really interesting to see Japanese-centric stores like Oto’s in Sacramento or Mitsuwa Marketplace in San Diego.
Hi Drew,
These stores are online stores.
If you are looking for local stores, please check this linked post (Japanese Grocery Stores around the World)! It’s including two stores that you mentioned too.😉
https://www.justonecookbook.com/japanese-grocery-stores-around-the-world/
We hope this is helpful!