PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — This spring, Providence will welcome a Japanese grocery store, Maruichi Japanese Food & Deli.

Cornish Associates is pleased to announce the Japanese food store will open in the Nightingale Building in Downtown Providence.

The company operates grocery stores and restaurants across Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New Jersey.

Maruichi, part the Fuji Mart Corp based in Stamford, Conn., is excited to bring its specialization in Japanese groceries and prepared foods to Rhode Island.

“Maruichi is all about bringing the experience of shopping in Japan to American customers,” Joshua Nakama, Vice President of Fuji Mart Corp shared.

“We’re constantly searching for curious communities that are eager for our unique brand of authenticity and accessibility. We’re lucky to have found that in Providence. Maruichi is excited to bring both the everyday and the hard-to-find of the Japanese culinary world to Providence and the Rhode Island community.”

The shop will be open seven days a week and offers a full range of Japanese groceries, sushi-grade fish, Japanese meats, and a variety of prepared Japanese dishes.

The in-store café will serve Japanese snacks, matcha lattes, and different coffees and teas of Japan.