Lonescapade: Perusing Metro-Atlanta’s Japanese Grocery Store

Always on the hunt for Japanese novelty items around Atlanta, I recently discovered Tomato Japanese Food Grocery, via some internet exploration, just outside of the city. It’s a small mom-and-pop, but with an exciting selection of Japanese food items. Tomato provides some rare treats, like green tea waffle-cone ice-cream sandwiches, red bean mochi, and sushi-ready fish cuts, along with your standard Pocky and Kit-Kat varieties.

 

 

 

 

Tomato also has a section of non-food Japanese items, like bowls, chopsticks, and gifts.

 

I left with a small assortment of food, a can of coffee, and a melon soda. This red bean mochi was delicious: