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Foodland in Tokyo 2026: what's there now?
I only know Tokyo from trips, so take this with a grain of salt. The Foodland I ducked into near Minowa in 2024 was still open and looked untouched, but a friend in Nakano says his local one got rebranded. If you're weighing it, the 24h thing matters less than proximity to a station, honestly. I'd rather be near a Seiyu for actual groceries than a Foodland for late-night snacks.
fair point on station proximity but the rebrand thing is real. a lot of the old Foodland spots got folded into other chains or turned into stand-alone conbinis, the sign changes before the inside does. u can usually tell by whether the produce section survived
produce section's the tell, minowa kept theirs
ours kept a couple of sad daikon but lost the fish counter, that's the real line between a Foodland and a glorified Lawson
minowa's an outlier tho, that whole shotengai keeps its shops. down in setagaya ours dropped produce years ago & never looked back. once the veg goes it's a conbini with a bigger parking lot
Station proximity is right, but Seiyu's hours are the catch. Ours by Ojima shuts at 11 and produce is picked over by then, so late-night runs still land at a combini. The 24h Foodland model only worked because rent near the shotengai stayed low.
the one by my station is still open but it's mostly a conbini now, half the shelves are drinks & onigiri. for actual groceries i walk to the Gyomu Super two blocks over, cheaper produce too. would i move for a Foodland? no, but having one downstairs at 2am is genuinely handy
same near me, Maruetsu for real groceries
yep the conbini drift is real, ours lost the meat counter years back and never replaced it. still worth having for the atm & the takuhai drop-off more than the food tbh. u ever check if urs still does bento discounts after 8?
half price stickers go on at 7:30 not 8
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Higuma Donuts on Takeshita, go before 9.
the matcha old fashioned is the real order there
agreed, but get it fresh out of the fryer if u can, they tray them up around 8:30 and the glaze sets better. cold ones go chewy fast, especially in summer humidity.
Second this, weekday mornings are dead quiet.
worth the detour but heads up they close tuesdays, learned that the hard way. if the line's already snaking past the corner just bail and hit the little bakery two blocks toward Meiji Jingu instead, their anpan holds up fine.
That backup spot's anpan is fine but their shokupan sells out before noon, so grab a loaf if u see one.
Grab it sliced if they offer, otherwise a whole loaf goes stale by day three unless you freeze half. They also do a small shokupan loaf on Fridays that goes faster than the regular one.
yeah before 9 is key, by 10 the line's out the door. fwiw their kuromitsu one is underrated, everyone just grabs the glazed. cash only btw, no cards
Nine is already pushing it on a Saturday, I'd aim for 8:15 if you want to eat one warm on the bench outside. Also they're closed when it rains hard, which nobody warns you about.
Cash only and they shut the shutters once the batch runs out, so early really means early.