Popular Japanese Supermarket Opens On Peninsula

FOSTER CITY, CA — The latest of a growing list of Bay Area Asian supermarkets opened Friday in grand style. Osaka Marketplace, a full-service Japanese supermarket with an existing location in Fremont and another planned in Pleasant Hill, opened a 35,000-square-foot store in Foster City with a ribbon cutting, a Taiko drumming ceremony, a sake tasting ceremony, and speeches from the mayor and other local leaders.

Osaka Marketplace’s second location opened at the Edgewater Place Shopping Center, the site of a former Lucky supermarket. It offers freshly imported Japanese fish (unique among Bay Area Japanese supermarkets), wagyu beef, sake and Japanese craft beer, snacks, Japanese beauty and self-care products, house-made sushi, specialty pantry staples, and much more.

A hot food section offers Japanese-style salad, Chinese cuisine, Japanese-style sandwiches, and a Japanese hot buffet, according to Palo Alto Online.

Osaka Marketplace, which first opened in Fremont, “sources unique and hard-to-find items through deep relationships with Japanese vendors, creating an authentic and welcoming shopping experience,” according to its website.

“Like you’ve come to expect at our Fremont store, every item will be selected by experienced Japanese buyers and managers who bring decades of knowledge in sourcing, food strategy and customer care,” the supermarket said.

The supermarket plans to open a Japanese “grocerant” - a mixture of grocery store and restaurant - in downtown Pleasant Hill in the summer of 2026. Guests will enjoy a full Osaka Marketplace grocery store, and semi-outdoor dining from several small eateries offering sushi, ramen, chicken karaage, and bento boxes, according to the city of Pleasant Hill.

The Foster City location is the latest in a proliferation of Asian supermarkets around the Bay Area. In early 2026, Tokyo Central plans to open a 40,000-square-foot store in Emeryville, and T&T Supermarket, Canada’s largest Asian grocery chain, is planning locations in San Francisco, Millbrae, and San Jose throughout 2026, according to numerous reports.

Osaka Marketplace is located at 919 Edgewater Boulevard in Foster City. It’s open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mondays through Sundays, and 9 a.m. to p.m. on holidays. Visit osakamarketplace.com or call 650-706-3133 for more information.

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