MB Halal Super Shop (MB Sembako)
Grocery · Tokyo, Japan
About MB Halal Super Shop (MB Sembako)
Shin-Okubo is best known internationally as Tokyo's Koreatown, but the neighborhood also holds a dense cluster of shops serving other immigrant communities, and MB Halal Super Shop, commonly called MB Sembako, is one of the larger grocery stores in that mix. Located a few steps from Okubo Station on Hyakuninchō's main shopping street in Shinjuku City, the store draws a customer base that reflects the area's diversity: Indonesian, Bangladeshi, Nepali, Uzbek, and Turkish shoppers all make regular use of it, according to local halal food directories that track the neighborhood's food businesses.
The shop's core offering is halal meat, including chicken, beef, and lamb, sold alongside rice, frozen snacks, spices, sauces, and other everyday cooking staples that can be hard to find in standard Japanese supermarkets. For Indonesian customers specifically, the store stocks a dedicated range of imported products: packaged chocolate, coffee, and drinks, instant soup seasonings, and ready to eat or ready to cook foods. Frozen bakso, the Indonesian meatball soup staple, is among the frozen items carried, giving residents a way to recreate a familiar dish without the ingredients being otherwise available locally. In something of a departure from a typical grocery store, MB Sembako also runs a small electronics section selling mobile phones and laptops, a detail that reflects how some immigrant-serving shops in Japan diversify their offerings to serve customers who may also need affordable devices or phone services.
MB Sembako keeps unusually long hours for a neighborhood grocery store, opening daily from 9:00 in the morning until midnight, which makes it a practical stop for shift workers or anyone needing supplies outside standard business hours. The store's meat products are advertised as halal, though no specific certifying body is named on the available listings, so the claim should be treated as self-declared rather than formally certified. Customers can reach the shop by phone, and further details are available through its own website.
Address
2 Chome-21-1 Hyakuninchō, Shinjuku City, Tokyo 169-0073, Tokyo, JapanOpening hours
- Daily
- 9:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Contact
- Phone: 080 7270 6860
- Website: https://mbsupershop.jp
Category
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