Yaoyasan

Super stoked this is my first review of 2025!I love this little market. I love being able to walk to it! I love their selection of sauces, marinades, produce, meats, snacks, and frozen items. I also love that they carry most of the items I would buy living in Japan. Makes it feel like home for me :) also, skincare, bath items, and various cooking items have come in handy!Staff are always so friendly! They are accommodating and helpful when needed. They're super sweet there.The store itself is small but mighty! Keep that in mind if you plan on bringing in a stroller :) get there early if you want sushi or onigiri!

Cute local Japanese grocery store. Brightly lit, has a nice selection of sake, dried and canned foods, as well as sashimi in the back. Came here in a pinch to look for soup base! Would stop by if I'm in the area.

After reflecting on places we visited frequently last year, I wanted to give a shout out to Yaoya-San for helping me toward some of my health goals. I want to eat all the foods, but my doctor says I need to slow down a bit. Yaoya-San has a ton of things that are tasty and good for you, but I will just be highlighting things for one of my favorites - poke bowls.They have plenty of sashimi-grade fish options in small portions - yellowtail, tuna, fatty tuna, salmon and other fish options. There are tail-on shrimp as well. 3 types of fish eggs including tobiko and masago.For veggies - butter lettuce, mung bean sprouts, pickled daikon, and sushi gingerThere's also all the random other elements that you'll find at a typical Asian grocery store - rice, seaweed salad, soy sauce, wasabi, sesame oil.Overall, I like the selection and the freshness of the ingredients at this grocery store. It's also in a location with lots of restaurants I like, so it makes for a convenient stop for us.

This cute little Japanese store has a lot of snacks and Japanese household items for sale. I came here around noon on a Sunday and lots of the prepared foods were gone. I grabbed a few snacks and some Japanese rice. Service was friendly and respectful. The ladies spoke Japanese.

Yaoyasan is a gem. It's snuggled close to the freeway, and is in a small parking lot. The store has pretty much everything I look for and more. They have a variety of bentos and sashimi moriwase, for good prices. Decent quality, and fresh. If you don't care for how the sashimi is cut, $9.99 is a great deal. I have even gotten uni there for $10/tray. I mainly go there for natto, and they have probably the most variety I have seen in a store. At first I was trying out most of them, but staff directed me to a few of their favorites; which are now among my favorites. Staff has always been very helpful and friendly. The store may be midsized, but it packs so much variety, with good prices.

Cutest little ready-made grocery!The food is always fresh and the staff is always friendly and helpful. I love checkingboutbtheir rotating snacks and picking up staples that are always in stock. It's relatively small inside but very easy to find what you need. Definitely come here for milk bread and a nice selection of curry roux !

Holy crap! I stopped by here because I was too lazy to drive to Ranch 99... best decision I've made all week. They have all my faves here, and more. I will have to try some of their sushi-grade fish next time. I walked away with more than I needed, but they had ice cream here that I can only ever find at the Korean grocery store so I just stocked up. I came here thinking all I needed was some ramen and pork, but ended up finding enough for cold soba noodles in dipping sauce, made some spicy fermented cucumbers to go along with it and some soft boiled eggs. I will be a regular here from now on as it's on my way home. They were also super patient with me as I forgot my wallet at home and was trying to figure out how to get access to one of my cards on my phone.

Always filling my Japanese delights cravings. This is a small little market wreath and go in and find your Japanese canned goods. Also A wonderful selection of packaged soups noodles bags of rice all the things that you would need to complete your asian kitchen. That was have a nice collection of beer and saki. The refrigerator section keeps a lot of fresh produce that you would find good for whatever meals you're going to prepare from there and also a large. Selection of bento lunches which we weren't in there to get. We are no strangers to their bentos.We made our purchases and we're out the door pretty quickly. They have a lot of people working there so there's no long preach of time waiting in line.We've been going there for some time and it's a good place locally to find what you're looking for from Japan.

I'm back at one of my favorite storesI had an old man following me for a little while.If this happens again I'm going to take pictures of them. LmaoMaybe their perception is twisted.

I'm not sure why I rated this a 4 before, it's consistently great. The store has expanded into a larger space so now there's even more stuff. Quality and variety! The staff continues to be friendly and helpful, it's always a pleasant shopping experience. As faceless mega store chains increasingly dominate, I value a place that provides curation and care more than ever. Yaoyasan forever!