Shopping at Seijo Ishii, a Japanese Supermarket | Homemade Deli Dishes, Cheesecake, Coffee, Sweets and Alcohol; Stores at Tokyo Station, Shinjuku, Shibuya, Roppongi Hills, Haneda Airport, Kyoto, Osaka and Nagoya; Payment and Tax-Free Information

Overview

Seijo Ishii is a supermarket chain in Japan. According to the company's official website, it started in 1927 as a grocery store in Seijo, Setagaya Ward, Tokyo. Besides food and alcohol gathered from across Japan and around the world, it sells homemade ready-to-eat dishes (sozai) and cakes made in the company's own factory. This article explains what is useful to know when you shop at Seijo Ishii as a traveler, based on information from Seijo Ishii's official website, official store search and official online shop (checked on October 28, 2026).

• You can buy homemade ready-to-eat dishes (salads, pasta, sandwiches and more) and cakes, food from Japan and around the world, and sake and wine in one store.
• The official store search lists 231 supermarket stores, and 99 of them are in Tokyo (October 28, 2026). The stores are in 23 prefectures, from Miyagi to Hiroshima. The store search does not list any stores in Hokkaido, Shikoku, Kyushu or Okinawa.
• There are stores inside or near stations such as Tokyo Station, Shinjuku Station, Ueno Station, Kyoto Station and Nagoya Station, and in Terminal 1 of Haneda Airport.
• The payment methods you can use differ from store to store. Every supermarket store page in the store search shows icons for the credit cards VISA, Mastercard, JCB and Diners Club. Details are in the “Checkout and store” section of this article.
• Seijo Ishii's official website has no information on tax-free procedures. Details are in the “Conditions” section of this article.

What to buy

Photos from the store

The photos of the store interior in this article and the photo of the store entrance facing a passageway inside a building (the photo in the “Where to buy” section) were taken by the operator of this site at one Seijo Ishii store in October 2026. The photo of the store exterior facing a road (the photo in the “Overview” section) was taken at a different store. Not all stores necessarily carry the same products. The price tags in the photos show prices at the time the photos were taken. The prices written in this article are the prices in Seijo Ishii's official online shop (checked on October 28, 2026). The online shop's guide says that online shop prices may differ from store prices.

Homemade ready-to-eat dishes

According to the company's official website, Seijo Ishii makes ready-to-eat dishes, ham, bread and other items in the company's own factory (central kitchen). Price tags that say “成城石井自家製” (Seijo Ishii homemade) indicate these products.

• The refrigerated case in the photo had pasta, yakisoba (fried noodles), salads and other dishes lined up, each in a single-serving container (at the time the photo was taken).

• In the refrigerated case in the photo, there was a level of pasta below the level of sandwiches. On a shelf above the sandwich level, there were price tags for gratin and quiche (at the time the photo was taken).

• The refrigerated case in the photo had salads and side dishes made with vegetables or beans. Some products had a calorie guide on the price tag, such as “300kcal以下” (300 kcal or less) (at the time the photo was taken).

• The refrigerated case in the photo had oden ingredients, chikuwa, satsuma-age (deep-fried fish paste), pickles and other items (at the time the photo was taken). Oden is a Japanese dish of fish paste, daikon radish, eggs and other ingredients simmered in dashi broth.

Cheesecake

• According to the description in the official online shop, Seijo Ishii's homemade “Premium Cheesecake” (プレミアムチーズケーキ) is a cake made of three layers: sponge cake, cheesecake with raisins and almonds, and a crumbly crust.
• In the official online shop, one cake is ¥1,026 (tax included) and is shipped refrigerated. The product page states the use-by date as “5 days from the shipping date”.
• There is also a “Mini” size small enough for one person to finish, which is ¥430 (tax included) in the official online shop. The product page states the use-by date as “10 days from the shipping date” and the storage method as “store at 10°C or below”.

Coffee beans

• According to the description in the official online shop, Seijo Ishii's original coffee uses only Arabica beans.
• For example, “Rich Taste Blend” (リッチテイストブレンド) beans are ¥3,121 (tax included) for 450 g. In the official online shop, this product is shipped at room temperature.
• When checked on October 28, 2026, the No. 1 item in the official online shop's monthly ranking was a set of six packs of these Rich Taste Blend beans.

Sweets

• The shelves in the photo had packaged Japanese sweets and snacks such as senbei and arare (rice crackers), karinto (fried dough snacks) and coated beans (at the time the photo was taken).
• There are also homemade baked sweets. In the official online shop, “Country Cookies with Three Kinds of Nuts” (3種ナッツのカントリークッキー) are ¥646 (tax included) for 9 cookies, and “Fermented Butter Shortbread” (発酵バターのショートブレッド) is ¥646 (tax included) for 10 pieces.

Spices and seasonings

• The shelves in the photo had spices in jars of the same shape, arranged by type. On the shelf levels below them were seasonings from Japan and around the world, canned beans and other items (at the time the photo was taken).

Alcohol

• The refrigerated shelves in the photo had bottles of sake, wine and canned alcoholic drinks. Some of the shelves had blue signs saying “これはお酒です” (This is alcohol) (at the time the photo was taken).

“Must-Buy” sets in the official online shop

• The official online shop has a numbered series of sets called “Seijo Ishii Must-Buy!” (成城石井のマストバイ！).
• No. 1, the “Seijo Ishii Recommended 7-Item Set” (成城石井おすすめ商品7点セット), contains the Premium Cheesecake, homemade pork wieners, smoked salmon, Spanish cured ham (jamón serrano), mixed nuts, homemade plain sablé cookies and seasoned quail eggs (October 28, 2026).

Where to buy

Stores that are easy for travelers to visit

These are examples of stores checked in Seijo Ishii's official store search on October 28, 2026.

• The floor numbers are the same as the building's signs. The ground floor is 1F. “B1F” means the first basement floor, and “B2F” means the second basement floor.
• The opening hours of the stores in the table are the same on every day of the week, except for the Roppongi Hills store. Each store's page says that opening hours may change during the year-end and New Year period.
• The Haneda Airport store is in the arrival lobby of Terminal 1, which is used by domestic flights. As of October 28, 2026, the store search does not list a store in Terminal 3, which is used by international flights, or a store at Narita Airport.
• As of October 28, 2026, the store search does not list any stores in Ginza or Asakusa.

Finding a store

• On the “店舗を探す” (Find a store) page of Seijo Ishii's official website (in Japanese), you can see each store's address, opening hours and accepted payment methods. The English spelling of each store's name is also shown.
• If the building that a store is in changes its opening hours on a particular day, the store's opening hours may also change. Before you go, also check the building's information.

Checkout and store

Payment

On each store page of Seijo Ishii's official store search, the payment methods accepted at that store are shown as icons. There is no information that summarizes the payment methods of all stores. On October 28, 2026, we counted the icons on the store pages of the 231 supermarket stores listed in the store search. The results are as follows.

• About half of the stores have the contactless (tap-to-pay) card payment icon. Among the stores in the table in the “Where to buy” section of this article, the store pages of the First Avenue Tokyo Station store, the Seijo Ishii SELECT Shibuya Tokyu Food Show store, the Roppongi Hills store, the Ikebukuro Sunshine City store, the Umeda store and the Nagoya Station Hirokoji-guchi store had the contactless payment icon. The store pages of the LUMINE Shinjuku LUMINE1 store, the LUMINE Shinjuku LUMINE2 store, the atre Ueno store, the Seijo Ishii SELECT JAL PLAZA Haneda Airport store, the Kotochika Kyoto store, the Kyoto Takashimaya S.C. store, the Namba CITY store and the S-PAL SENDAI store did not. Store pages without the contactless payment icon still have icons for credit cards such as VISA.
• Alipay and Alipay+ are shown as separate icons on the store pages. Check on the store page whether there is an icon for the app you want to use.
• How to use cash and cards in Japan is explained in Do You Need Cash in Japan? | Where Cards Work, ATMs That Accept Overseas Cards, and Currency Exchange.

How to read price tags

• As in the photo of sandwiches in the “What to buy” section of this article, the price tags at the store where the photos were taken had a large price marked “税抜” (tax excluded) and, below it, a small price marked “税込” (tax included) (at the time the photo was taken). “税抜” is the price without consumption tax, and “税込” is the price including consumption tax.
• What you pay at the checkout is the “税込” price. Tax-free procedures are explained in the “Conditions” section of this article.

Plastic shopping bags

• According to Seijo Ishii's official website, all Seijo Ishii stores use plastic shopping bags that contain 50% biomass plastic. The official website does not say whether the bags are charged or free.

Conditions

Can you buy tax-free?

Seijo Ishii's official website, official store search and official online shop have no information on tax-free procedures and no list of stores where you can buy tax-free (checked on October 28, 2026). If you want to buy tax-free, ask the store staff before you buy whether tax-free procedures can be done at that store.

Changes from November 1, 2026

Japan's tax-free system changed on November 1, 2026 (Japan Tourism Agency information).

• For purchases made on or after November 1, 2026, you pay the price including consumption tax at the store. When you leave Japan, after customs checks your purchases at the airport or seaport, the consumption tax amount is refunded. To receive the refund, you must leave Japan within 90 days from the date of purchase and have customs check your purchases when you leave.
• According to the Japan Tourism Agency, from November 1, 2026, purchases whose total at the same store on the same day is ¥5,000 (tax excluded) or more are eligible for the refund of the consumption tax amount.
• According to the Japan Tourism Agency, if consumables such as food are eaten or used in Japan, you cannot receive a refund. If you eat ready-to-eat dishes or cakes bought tax-free at your hotel, you also cannot receive a refund.

The tax-free conditions and the procedures when you leave Japan are explained in Tax-Free Shopping in Japan | The Refund Method from November 2026 and What to Do When You Leave Japan.

Good to know

Returns and exchanges

The FAQ on Seijo Ishii's official website explains returns and exchanges of items bought in stores as follows.

• If a product is defective, have the receipt and the product ready, and contact the store where you bought it or Seijo Ishii's customer service office.
• If you want to return or exchange an item for your own reasons, take the receipt and the product to the store where you bought it. For room-temperature products, do this by the end of the day after the day you bought them. For refrigerated and frozen food, only items that have not yet been taken out of the store are eligible.
• When you want to return or exchange an item for your own reasons, returns and exchanges are not accepted in the following cases: products without a receipt, products past their use-by or best-before date, opened products, discounted products, refrigerated and frozen food after you have left the store, and products brought in after the end of the day following the day you bought them.

Taking items home by plane

• For sake, wine and liquid seasonings, there are rules on the amount you can carry into the aircraft cabin. Check the rules on amounts in the information from your airport and airline.
• Bottles can break. Wrap them in clothes or similar items before putting them in your suitcase.
• How to send large luggage to the airport or a hotel is explained in Send Your Suitcase by Courier | Airport to Accommodation, Accommodation to Airport (Yamato Transport).

Bringing items into your country

• Some countries may not allow you to bring in meat or food made with meat (such as ham and sausages), or dairy products. Before you buy, check the rules of the country you are returning to.
• The ingredients are written in Japanese on the packaging. The product pages of the official online shop also list the ingredients in Japanese.

Sending items outside Japan

• The user guide of the official online shop does not say whether products can be sent outside Japan (checked on October 28, 2026).
• Some store pages mention a service in which the store sends items bought there for you. These pages do not say whether items can be sent outside Japan.

Languages of the official websites

• Seijo Ishii's store search and official online shop are in Japanese only. The company's official website has English pages that introduce the company (checked on October 28, 2026).