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Quote:Japanese supermarket to open its first West Coast store in the Bay Area
By Nico Madrigal-Yankowski, Food ReporterFeb 6, 2025
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Hashi Market, a New York-based Japanese supermarket, is opening its first West Coast location in Cupertino.

Part supermarket, part department store and part catering service, the chain offers fresh fruits and vegetables, Japanese snacks, fresh bento boxes and sushi prepared daily. Owned by Takayama International Inc., the brand opened its flagship store in New York City just two months ago, which is also expected to host two sister brands. After signing a lease, its first Bay Area location will be at 20558 Stevens Creek Blvd. in Cupertino inside a 20,900-square-foot building, according to the East Bay Times.
However, there is no timeline or estimated opening date for the store at this time.
Hashi Market is just the latest of several announcements of Asian supermarkets coming to the Bay Area. The city of Dublin announced that it would get both a Mega Mart and an H Mart, the Korean-owned Jagalchi is slated to open a 75,000-square-foot store in Daly City, Canada’s T&T Supermarket is heading to San Jose and Japan-based Tokyo Central is headed to Emeryville.
The new Japanese market is slated to replace a Sprouts Farmers Market grocery store that closed in 2023 amid a wave of closures for the company that year. The new Hashi Market location will take over the spot at the busy intersection of Stevens Creek Boulevard and South De Anza Boulevard. Another Japanese grocery store, Tokyo Central, has a Cupertino location located less than a mile away at 19750 Stevens Creek Blvd.
Ava Liu, the head of operations for Hashi Market, told the East Bay Times that a store of this size would normally employ between 40 to 50 people. Liu also told the outlet that the brand expects to expand more into California, including more stores near San Jose as well as near Irvine in Southern California.
SFGATE reached out to Hashi Market but did not hear back in time for publication.