is a Japanese upmarket grocery store chain. Its headquarters are in KyÃ
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Â, Tokyo. It is also a major wholesale distributor.
Overview
Meidi-Ya was established in 1885 by (磯é è¨Â). Meidi-Ya has 14 locations in Greater Tokyo, 7 stores in other parts of Japan, and two stores in Singapore. , the chain was one of the principal purveyors of the Japanese royal family.
The English name Meidi-ya is the Nihon-shiki romanization of the Japanese name. Many foreigners in Japan have pronounced the name with a hard "d" instead of a "j". The di romanization is characteristic of Nihon-shiki.
Meidi-Ya specializes in sale and production of food and beverages, importing and exporting of food products, wines and spirits, ship equipment, sale of industrial products, leasing and import of machinery, real estate, etc.
Locations
Japan:
- Kyobashi main store
- Marunouchi Building
- Hiroo
- Roppongi
- Azabudai Hills
- Tamagawa Takashimaya
- Aobadai
- Sendai Ichinbancho
- Shibuya
- Shibuya Yamanote
- Shinjuku West
- Tachikawa
- Konandai
- Fujisawa
- Omiya
- Takasaki
- Niigata
- Hamamatsu
- Nagoya Station
- Nagoya Sakae
- Kyoto Sanjo
- Kyoto Shijokawaramachi Takashimaya
- Osaka Namba
- Okayama
- Matsuyama
- Fukuoka Tenjin
Singapore:
The Netherlands:
References
- Horvat, Andrew. Japanese Beyond Words: How to Walk and Talk Like a Native Speaker. Stone Bridge Press, 2000. , 9781880656426.
- See: "The Romaji (Roomaji) Conundrum." (Archive) - Excerpt from Horvat's book, which states: "The di ending is typical of Nipponshiki romanization, an earlier version of Kunree that, though hardly remembered, remains with us in the name of the upmarket grocery chain Meidiya, which generations of foreign residents have pronounced with a hard d instead of as "Meijiya.""
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