Online Food Shopping

Everything you can imagine!
Amazon Japan
Rakuten

Supermarkets/Food
Alishan foreign foods
Bagel and Bagel bagels
Gluten Free Foods supermarket
Gourmet Meat World
Oisix supermarket 
Ohtsuya herbs and spices 
The Flying Pig foreign foods 
The Foreign Buyers Club foreign foods
The Meat Guy meat

Weekly vegetable box delivery
Oisix
Shiga Kajiwara Farm Nagano

Homewares and Furniture Stores

Muji various locations
Nitori various locations
Tokyu Hands various locations

Online Maternity Wear

ASOS UK (Free Shipping to Japan)
More of Me USA
Nodstrom USA
Solregaro Tokyo, Meguro-Ku, Nakane
Virina Maternity Tokyo, Minato-Ku, Nishi-Azabu
Zodee Australia (Frequently have free shipping campaigns)
Zulily USA

List of Japanese shopping sites

Online Organic Grocery Shopping

One of the largest organic, low chemical and natural food stores in Japan has just launched its English site. The prices are higher than your local supermarket but if you are used to shopping at the big international supermarkets in Minato-ku then you might think it is cheap! The English descriptions are not available yet but some of the products do show the area that they were grown. Don't expect foreign brands, it is very Japanese.

If you make your own baby cereal they have organic millet, barley and brown rice in the Rice/Bread/Noodles section. There is also a small selection of organic baby food.

Radish Boya eshop

How to Find a Park in Tokyo

Now that the weather is cooling down, between typhoons it is a fantastic time to enjoy the parks with your kids. Here are 2 English sites where you can find some of the better known and larger parks around Tokyo.

Tokyo Metropolitan Park Association
Tokyo Metropolitan Parks and Gardens List

My favourites are:
Rinshinomori in Meguro-Ku
Kasai Rinkai in Edogawa-Ku
Mukojima-Hyakkaen in Sumida-Ku

Shopping for Baby Online

 These are three of my favourite English, online shops in Japan.

1. Kenko.com  Japan's no.1 e-drugstore is now available in English, yay! Lots of baby goods and supplements.
2. Items can be purchased from Akachanhonpo online at Rakuten. The descriptions have been translated using an auto-translator so they can be quite confusing. Also available in Korean and Chinese. For all Rakuten products in English click here.
3. Sammy's is a new and used clothing store for kids of all ages, from newborn to 12 years old.

ASOS Maternity Wear

Pregnant? Feeling a little frumpy? Nothing fits anymore? We all know the feeling. As your bump gets bigger and you are already feeling uncomfortable and you don't want to be squeezing into ill-fitting clothes too. I discovered this site when I was pregnant and I purchased a whole heap of maternity stuff on sale. Now they even have free delivery to Japan if you don't mind waiting a few days extra.

Website: www.asos.com

Kids Events Website

www.kids-event.jp

This website has a ton of events and things going on around Tokyo for kids. It is partly (and badly translated) available in English and Chinese through the links on the top right of the page. You can find out about events, recommended attractions, by area, Japanese recipes for kids, kids movies and giveaways.

Radiation Levels in Food

If you are like me and are concerned about the radiation in food then you should look at this site. It is the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's site and you can stay up to date on every food item that is being tested and all of the current food restrictions. Scroll down the bottom under "Reported on:", it shows all of the different foods that are being tested each day and the radiation levels. This site made me far more comfortable with purchasing local foods from Japanese supermarkets. Items that are measuring some radiation like blueberries I have decided to avoid locally grown and other items like eggs and milk which are measuring none or almost no radiation I am happy to purchase from anywhere.

Website: Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare

Kidspot.com.au

Our kids games and activities range from indoor fun like kids arts & crafts, science experiment, best websites for kids, learning games and brain teasers to outdoor kids games like hide & seek, pool and water fun and finally car activities to make road trips fly by. Just select your child's age and the activity type below and find activities for kids, toddlers and family games for the whole family.

Location: Online

Website: www.kidspot.com.au

Sammy's Baby and Children's Clothes

They stock new and gently used designer baby and children's clothing including Sammy's own organic label. Sammy's mission is to be fun, fair and organic in the products they make and the way they conduct business for our children's planet. They specialise in boutique and organic baby wear, they support environmentally friendly companies and they love recycled goods.

Location: Online only

Website: www.babyclothes.jp