Let me introduce you to one of my favorite foreign food stores in Nagoya, Yamaya. Yamaya is a national chain of supermarkets and liquor stores. You will find a huge selection of foreign foods and liquors as well as a fine selection of Japanese products.
I was introduced to Yamaya about eight years when I first came to Japan. I was living in Osaka, and my roommate told me about a great foreign food in the OCAT building. When I first went there, I was amazed by their selection of liquor and food. Ever since then, I have been a patron of this store.
At one time, Yamaya had two branches in Nagoya, one in Sakae and the other one in Fujigaoka. About 3 years ago, the Sakae branch closed down. So, the only Yamaya in Nagoya is located in Fujigaoka at the end of the Higashiyama Subway line. From the station, it is about a five minute walk to the store. Below, there is a video on how to get to the store and a tour of the store. Please enjoy!!
Now, you will find pictures that have taken inside the store in order to show off the great selection of foods and drinks.
They have a wide selection of Kinsachi Beer, the local beer from Nagoya (名古屋の地ビール) at reasonable prices. You will find a green tea flavored lager, a red miso lager, hatcho (sweeter darker red miso from Okazaki, Aichi, Japan) lager, and, also, the highly recommended Platinum Ale.
Also in their cold case, they have a selection of British beers ranging from organic Wychwood Hobgoblin Goliath to Belhaven's Twisted Thistle Ale.
They, also, have a selection of cold Echigo Beer (according to their website, Japan's first microbrewery) ranging from their American Wheat to their Red Ale. Quite tasty and affordable, which is quite hard to find in Japan.
They have a small selection of ports and sherries at reasonable prices. A bottle of Sandeman Ruby Port is only 1280 yen. Other stores will have the same bottle for about 1800 yen or more.
If you like to cook, then I suggest using grape seed oil instead of the regular canola or sunflower oils.
If you are looking for whole wheat pasta, this is the place for you. A reasonable sized bag will set you back 138 yen instead of 270 yen found in other supermarkets.
If you are looking for cheap liquor, this is the place for you. A 750ml bottle of Bombay Sapphire is only 1480 yen, and a bottle of Tanqueray gin runs for 1380 yen.
A good selection of cheap flavored vodkas brought to you by UV. I love their Espresso flavored vodka. This is quite a new product for this store.
A good selection of your basic rums ranging from Bacardi to Meyer's.
If you are looking for flavored liquors such as cassis or Campari, you will be certainly be pleased.
If you are a bourbon, whiskey, single malt, or cognac drinker, this place will be your heaven. Their prices are quite reasonable when comparing to other foreign stores or, even, liquor stores.
If you are looking for good foreign beer at a reasonable price, you cannot beat this store. They have beers ranging Asian beers (Singha, Tsingdao) to British beers.
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