FOOD COURT LORETHE CAFETERIA CATALOG
COSTCO FOOD COURT / JAPAN← Japan board

RESEARCHED ITEM DRAFT

Clam chowder

クラムチャウダー

Japanese Costco clam chowder is documented as a hot, chunky seafood soup served in a cup. [3]

Historical Japanese observations, including later retrospective or menu-rotation reports. Current local availability is not verified.

A matching item photograph with cleared reuse rights is still being sought. This sourced draft is not a finished illustrated article.

REPORTED PRICE480 JPY(≈ $3.03 USD)One clam chowder cup, takeaway · Hisayama Costco · report published 2025-01-17; sale date unknown

Nutrition: no verified local serving data.

THE RECORD

identity

In a later tasting, TASTY TIME identified shellfish and potato by inspection while explicitly noting the absence of an ingredient declaration. Those observations describe that serving, rather than a complete official ingredient list. [3]

THE RECORD

history

A Japanese menu photographed September 10, 2007 already lists clam chowder, with no warehouse identified. Kawasaki’s February 2011 menu documents a later appearance, and GIGAZINE’s December tasting describes a cracker accompaniment. [8] [1] [2]

TASTY TIME later describes grissini-style biscuits replacing crackers and occasional chicken tomato bisque substitution, without exact change dates. At Ogori in October 2025, Kosuko described chicken mushroom soup taking the chowder’s place. This is local rotation evidence, not permanent nationwide retirement. [3] [7]

THE RECORD

nutrition

A primary operator nutrition label for the served cup has not been verified. One tasting blog publishes a 400 g calorie calculation without a traceable primary label, so it is not used as the main nutrition figure. Soup preparation and the separately packaged accompaniment also need distinct serving definitions. [3]

No serving-specific nutrition verified.

THE RECORD

prices

The table preserves separate locations and dates. TASTY TIME’s January 2021 and July 2023 amounts are month-specific updates, not both prices from the article’s original publication day. Hisayama’s later figure belongs to its named takeaway menu. [1] [2] [3] [6] [8]

THE RECORD

distinctions

Costco Japan also lists Anne’s Table clam chowder as an 830 g double-concentrate retail pack, marketed as the food-court flavor for home. That connection is useful context, but the pack’s price and approximately eight prepared servings do not specify the cup sold at the counter. [4]

TASTY TIME’s diner found the soup flavorful without becoming overpowering and liked dipping its firm accompaniment. GIGAZINE’s earlier reaction focused on the generous clams. Both are attributed tasting impressions. [3] [2]

DATE & PLACE

Local evidence

Price observations

  • 300 JPY(≈ $1.89 USD) · One cup · Kawasaki Costco · report published 2011-02-18; sale date unknown. Historical source observation; not a current offer. [1]
  • 350 JPY(≈ $2.21 USD) · One cup · Japan, historical records · report published 2021-01; sale date unknown. The source gives the month of this historical price, without an exact day. [3]
  • 450 JPY(≈ $2.84 USD) · One cup · Japan, historical records · report published 2023-07; sale date unknown. The source gives the month of this historical price, without an exact day. [3]
  • 300 JPY(≈ $1.89 USD) · One cup with crackers · Kyoto Yawata Costco, linked opening-day reporting · report published 2011-12-09; sale date unknown. Historical report; not a current offer. [2] [5]
  • 480 JPY(≈ $3.03 USD) · One clam chowder cup, takeaway · Hisayama Costco · report published 2025-01-17; sale date unknown. Historical report; not a current offer. [6]
  • 315 JPY(≈ $1.99 USD) · One clam chowder; standardportionweightunknown · Japan, warehouse unspecified in 2007 album · date not established. Observed_on uses photograph Takenondate, not upload. Contracthasno menuobservationenum. Taxincludedprinted. Notcurrentnationalprice. [8]

Nutrition observations

Read the scoped nutrition table and source limits in Nutrition ↑

Last checked 2026-10-11 UTC. A listing is not a live stock check.

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Sources & photo rights

The early menu image, contemporary tasting, later price updates and official retail listing answer different questions. Their dates and purchase formats remain separate. Exact launch timing, current warehouse availability, primary nutrition documentation and cleared serving photography remain unresolved. [1] [2] [3] [4]

GIGAZINE places this visit within its Kyoto Yawata opening-day series. The warehouse report explicitly leads into the food-court coverage; that linked reporting supplies the location. [5]

CharleyMarley's September 2007 album adds an earlier photographed menu. Its capture and upload dates remain separate. The images retain copyright and are evidence links only, without permission for reproduction. [8]

  1. 1. Costco Japan: Kawasaki visit Open original source

    Danny Choo · Published 2011-02-18 · Checked 2026-10-01 UTC. The rightmost labels are too small to read reliably. The exact visit date and permission to reproduce the photograph are unknown.

    Supporting section

    Original article body, item price and description

  2. 2. Costco food-court tasting Open original source

    GIGAZINE · Published 2011-12-09 · Checked 2026-10-01 UTC. The tasting does not explicitly name its warehouse. Related coverage of Kyoto Yawata is insufficient to assign this meal to that store.

    Supporting section

    Original article body, item price and description

  3. 3. Clam chowder tasting and price updates Open original source

    TASTY TIME · Published 2021-01-06 · Checked 2026-10-01 UTC. The page contains updates after its original 2021 publication. The warehouse is unidentified. Its 508-calorie figure for 400 g lacks a traceable operator label and is not treated as verified nutrition.

    Supporting section

    Original article body, item price and description

  4. 4. Anne’s Table clam chowder retail listing Open original source

    Costco Japan · Publication date unknown · Checked 2026-10-01 UTC. Retail product; its price, dilution and serving count do not establish a food-court cup specification.

    Supporting section

    Original article body, item price and description

  5. 5. Kyoto Yawata opening-day warehouse report and explicit food-court continuation Open original source

    GIGAZINE · Published 2011-12-09 · Checked 2026-10-10 UTC. Geographic attribution through the publication sequence, not a repeated explicit warehouse label in every installment. Retail deli prices are excluded.

    Supporting section

    Original author body; comments excluded unless source is explicitly a forum observation.

  6. 6. Hisayama January 17, 2025 takeaway menu observation Open original source

    Costcotuu forum / 土日は北九州 · Published 2025-01-18 · Checked 2026-10-10 UTC. User report, not operator-issued menu; visit January 17 differs from January 18 posting. Prices explicitly takeaway. No image or current stock claim.

    Supporting section

    Original author body; comments excluded unless source is explicitly a forum observation.

  7. 7. Chicken mushroom soup at Ogori, October 2025 Open original source

    Costcotuu / Kosuko · Published 2025-10-22 · Checked 2026-10-10 UTC. Report of one visit; no permanent national discontinuation inference. Replacement soup price is not a clam-chowder price. Retail soup equivalence is unverified.

    Supporting section

    Original author body; comments excluded unless source is explicitly a forum observation.

  8. 8. Costco Japan Menu, September2007 Open original source

    CharleyMarley · Published 2007-09-22 · Checked 2026-10-11 UTC. Exactwarehouse/servingweightunknown. Rightsreserved, ownerdisabledownload; onlydisplayedpixelsinspected.

    Supporting section

    TakenSeptember10/uploadSeptember22,2007; original3Kdisplay centralpanels