Complicated Candy from Japan

[El Dingo]

Japanese kids have way more patience than I did.

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[Greg_phpbb3_import1]

1. Where does the detonator go?

2. Wouldn't it be faster to just buy real sushi?

I would totally buy this.

[Drunk Monk]

those took a lot of patience too.

[El Dingo]

Apparently it's not candy, just a toy.

All that work and no payoff.

I wonder if they would even sell something in the U.S. that looked exactly like food but deadlier than rat poison. Wait - they do, I forgot about airplane meals.

[The Queen]

I wonder if they would even sell something in the U.S. that looked exactly like food but deadlier than rat poison. Wait - they do, I forgot about airplane meals.

You've been on an airplane recently where they FED you??? What airline???

[Drunk Monk]

that's got to be the stupidest toy ever. where do we get these?

JAPANESE TOYS RULE!!!

[Greg_phpbb3_import1]

If only we knew someone that had contacts in Asia . . . . .

[Drunk Monk]

Might be able to find it at Daiso or Mitsuwa. Maybe Japantown. Maybe they're illegal here because Americans are afraid kids will eat it and it's made of rat poison. Remember that issue we had with the ant-killing chalk?

Anyway, next time I'm in a Japanese market, I'll keep an eye out for it. There's a Daiso at our mall, just down the street. I hit up Japantown before Fillmore shows, but nothing is calling me to the 'Mo right now. I'm long overdue for a visit there.

The other thing is that if I saw it, I might not know what it is. I mean it just looks like some sort of sushi kit from the packaging and I don't read Japanese. Anyway, for you guys, I'll look about. Later. When I have time to kill. which is just about never.

[Drunk Monk]

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Japanese supermarket to open its first West Coast store in the Bay Area
By Nico Madrigal-Yankowski, Food ReporterFeb 6, 2025
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Mary Jane C./Yelp
Hashi Market, a New York-based Japanese supermarket, is opening its first West Coast location in Cupertino.

Part supermarket, part department store and part catering service, the chain offers fresh fruits and vegetables, Japanese snacks, fresh bento boxes and sushi prepared daily. Owned by Takayama International Inc., the brand opened its flagship store in New York City just two months ago, which is also expected to host two sister brands. After signing a lease, its first Bay Area location will be at 20558 Stevens Creek Blvd. in Cupertino inside a 20,900-square-foot building, according to the East Bay Times.
However, there is no timeline or estimated opening date for the store at this time.
Hashi Market is just the latest of several announcements of Asian supermarkets coming to the Bay Area. The city of Dublin announced that it would get both a Mega Mart and an H Mart, the Korean-owned Jagalchi is slated to open a 75,000-square-foot store in Daly City, Canada’s T&T Supermarket is heading to San Jose and Japan-based Tokyo Central is headed to Emeryville.
The new Japanese market is slated to replace a Sprouts Farmers Market grocery store that closed in 2023 amid a wave of closures for the company that year. The new Hashi Market location will take over the spot at the busy intersection of Stevens Creek Boulevard and South De Anza Boulevard. Another Japanese grocery store, Tokyo Central, has a Cupertino location located less than a mile away at 19750 Stevens Creek Blvd.
Ava Liu, the head of operations for Hashi Market, told the East Bay Times that a store of this size would normally employ between 40 to 50 people. Liu also told the outlet that the brand expects to expand more into California, including more stores near San Jose as well as near Irvine in Southern California.
SFGATE reached out to Hashi Market but did not hear back in time for publication.

This will give Tokyo Central (the store formally known as Marukai) a run for its money. It's right down the street.

[Dr. Ivor Yeti]

Ooooooo! This could be tasty!