Japanese grocery stores and ingredient suppliers in India

This page is for food lovers and professional chefs in India that are looking for Japanese cooking supplies.

Japanese Cooking Supplies

Rice

You can get US-grown Japanese rice at Japanese grocery stores, Korean grocery stores, high-end supermarkets etc. Japanese rice from California is commonly used in Japanese restaurants in India.

In India, some Japanese people and / or Companies have started producing Japanese rice on their own. They haven’t been able to achieve a stable supply yet, but you can occasionally purchase it at a relatively low price.

Soy sauce

You can get Kikkoman soy sauce at Japanese grocery stores.

Miso

You can get Japanese miso at Japanese grocery stores.

Seafood

Many Japanese restaurants import the seafood used for sushi and sashimi from Japan through import suppliers. That is; tuna, sea bream, squid, octopus, salmon roe, eel, amberjack, salted and vinegared mackerel, scallops, etc. Salmon mainly comes from Norway.

Tuna and salmon are the most popular sushi ingredients in India (as in other countries), but with the recent boom in Japanese food, there’s been an increase in the number of wealthy people seeking more varied types of sushi ingredients.

Alcohol

Although there is an increase in wealthy Indian people who are interested in Japanese sake, shochu, whisky and beer, the tariffs on imported alcohol are high, so these can only be purchased at a limited number of liquor stores.

Even in areas of India with many expat Japanese, only a few liquor stores carry Japanese alcohol and this is generally limited to one or two kinds of sake.

Japanese Community Website

Monthly Chalo
https://gekkanchalo.com/

List of Japanese grocery stores and ingredient suppliers

Below is a list of Japanese food importers who wholesale to supermarkets and restaurants, as well as supermarkets that sell Japanese food to the general public.

This list consists of vendors frequently used by Japanese in your country. (Some shops carry not only Japanese cooking supplies but also kitchen ware)

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Delhi Shop
B-6/9,Local Commercial Complex, Safdarjung Enclave, New Delhi – 110029
Gurugram Shop
Boom Plaza, 2F, Sector-57, Gurugram, Haryana.
http://yamatoya.in/english

LG-4, South Point Mall DLF phase 6 Gurgaon, Haryana
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GF 144-146 Sushan Vyapar Kendra, Sushant Lok Phase 1 Gurugram, Haryana
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C-60, L.G. Floor, Malviya Nagar, New Delhi

S-181, Block S, Panchsheel Park South, Panchsheel Park, New Delhi

1a, Safdarjung Enclave, Block B 7, Arjun Nagar, Safdarjung Enclave, New Delhi

LG – 59, DT Mega Mall, DLF Phase 1, Gurugram, Haryana

402 Shaniya Enclave, VP Road, Vile Parle West, Mumbai

11, Ground floor, 96, Kaveri complex, MG road, Nungabakkam, Chennai-34

No. 17A, first floor, Jawaharlal Nehru Rd, Phase-1, Vikram Sarabhai Instronics Estate, Tharamani, Chennai

Suraj Towers, Ground Floor, 128 L.B. Road, Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai 600041, Tamil Nadu, India
https://www.akasakastores.com/

VR Mall Ground Floor, Whitefield Main Rd, Devasandra Industrial Estate, Bengaluru, Karnataka

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Number of Local Japanese People

9,838 Japanese people live in India, as of 2018.

Number of Local Japanese Restaurants

There are about 70 Japanese restaurants in India area. (Numbers based on the report of Japan government in 2017)

For Indian People Wanting to Study Japanese Cuisine in Japan

Do you want to study Japanese cuisine in Japan one day? Chefs Wonderland, an agency for helping foreign visitors study cooking in Japan, can make all your cooking school dreams come true.

There are two main ways to study Japanese cuisine in Japan.

One way is to enroll in a culinary school.

The other is to find work at a Japanese restaurant in Japan, although this is not very easy to do.

How Many Indian People are Living in Japan?

As of 2018, there are 37,933 Indian people living in Japan.

In addition, 154,029 Indian people visited to Japan in 2018.

Study Japanese Cuisine at a Culinary School

If you want to attend a Culinary Technical College for Japanese people, you need to be able to speak fluent Japanese, but even if you can’t speak Japanese, you can study Japanese cuisine at one of the following schools that offer English courses lasting anywhere from one day to three months.

There are classes for beginners, short-term intensive courses to get a certificate, and private classes for professional chefs.

Study Japanese Cuisine While Working

Under the current immigration laws, foreigners have very limited opportunities to work in restaurants in Japan, you would need a working holiday visa, a spouse visas, or a type of special activity visa issued only to a few people. If you want more information on studying Japanese cuisine while working in Japan,

please see the following article.

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