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Blogs

Surviving in Japan
A great how-to-guide for expats living in Japan.

Tokyo Urban Baby
Provides information about having a baby in Tokyo.

Just Hungry
A popular blog about Japanese food and home cooking.

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Websites

Tokyo Pregnancy Group
Provides information related to conception, pregnancy, delivery and newborn parenting in Japan.

Tokyo Mothers Group
An English-language support & meet-up group for mothers and their children around Tokyo.

WaNavi Japan
Provides international residents with support to live comfortably in Japan through various services including workshops, networking, navigation, research, and consulting.

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Transportation

Nihon Kotsu
24hr Taxi Service in English
03-5755-2336

Nihon Kotsu Labour Pregnancy Service
03-5755-2151

Tokyo MK Taxi
English website
03-5547-5551

Train Station & Terminal Accessibility Information
Lists elevators, restrooms, wheelchair access & station maps for all train stations and airport terminals.

Train Route Finder: Jorudan
Suggest a number of train routes to take complete with times, distance, and fares.

Train Route Finder: Hyperdia
Another website that suggests a number of train routes to take complete with times, distance, and fares.

Airport Limousine Bus
Bus service that takes you to and from Narita/Haneda airport from the Tokyo Metropolitan Area.

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Food Delivery

Restaurant food delivery service.
Maishoku
Fine Dine (*In Japanese)

Sandwich and Burger delivery
Homework`s
Fungo

Pizza delivery
Pizzakaya Roppongi
Dominos
Salvatore Cuomo  (*In Japanese)
Pizza Hut  (*In Japanese. For the English menu click here.)
Pizza-la  (*In Japanese. For the English menu click here.)

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Grocery & Product Delivery

The Flying Pig
Costco online shopping.

The Meat Guy
Delivers meat and other goods anywhere in Japan.

Yoyo Market
Yoyo Market is your home for Costco online shopping and IKEA online shopping in Japan.

Alishan
Mail order service for Organic Food, environmentally sound cleaning supplies and much more.

Ambikajapan
Japan’s premier online Indian grocery shop for Authentic Indian Spices, Grocery Products, Juices, Wine, Ready To Eat Curry and Herbal Products.

Baticrom
South-Asian grocery.

Indojin
One of the largest online Indian grocery suppliers in Japan.

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Grocery Stores

Nissin World Delicatessen (Azabu Juban)
Best known for its meats, Nissin stocks US, New Zealand and Australian meats, including hard-to-find turkey, game meat and lamb. It’s a spacious, well laid-out supermarket with fresh fruits and vegetables, cheese, dairy, groceries, frozen food, a full floor for wine and spirits and health and homecare too!

National Azabu (Hiroo & Denenchofu)
Carries imported food and wine from around the world, groceries, fresh fruits and vegetables, meat, fish, beer, wine and spirits.

Meidi-ya Store (Various Locations)
Provides the highest quality of gourmet food and beverages gathered from all over the world.

Eataly, Italian food and wine store (Various Locations)
*Website is in Japanese
Eataly is based in Torino, Italy. Its Daikanyama branch is the largest Italian food and wine store in Japan with an adjacent wine bar and restaurant.

Precce Premium 24hrs (Tokyo Midtown)
I love the Precce stores around Tokyo. Now they have Precce Premium 24hrs which offers high-quality products, superb service and natural & healthy gourmet foods.

Kaldi Coffee Farm (Various Locations)
Specializing in roasted coffee and food from all over the world. Fresh roasted coffee and 10,000 imported items from 90 countries are available, for example, Janat tea from Paris, dried mangoes from Australia and cured meats from Italy, to name a few.

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