Is there a Japanese or Asian market in your area?
 

The reason I'm asking this is because today I went to the awesome-est slice of Japan there is in New Jersey. I'm talking about Mitsuwa Marketplace. I was like a kid in a candy store. Well I spent most of my time in the candy section, so I kinda was a kid in a candy store. Mitsuwa sells every Japanese food item you can imagine as well as appliances and beauty products. There is also a food court where I enjoyed some delicious shoyu ramen that I regret not finishing. Specialty Japanese stores owned by Mitsuwa surround the market place. Sanseido Bookstore is one of them. They sell Japanese books, magazines, manga, and even DVD rentals of the best Japanese movies and dorama. I can't get over this place! I NEED TO GO AGAIN!!! Oh and in my town there is a small Asian supermarket, but they don't sell much. :D Enough of my rant. what about you guys?

Yeah we have both over here in Newport News, but Ive only been to the Asian market for my sushi supplies. :P

we dont have any....but i think we have a mexican store? lol weird.

Yeah, we got a Mitsuwa in Arlington Heights. And we have Little Korea by Skokie and Niles has an Asian market. Of, and of course there's China Town...

My town has those fake Japanese restaurants with those fake names and food that Japanese people don't even eat...



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lol i have been to a japanese resturant at broadway at the beach. it was a hibachi grill and it was amazing!

Then again...isn't everything about Japan amazing? :vsign:

lol yes that is true...but the molester on the trains are not amazing...

Oh come on, are we trying to hide something Kenpachi? :mtongue:
haha

lol nothing to hide here ^^
have you ever been to a hibachi grill?

Nah, I think I've been to Broadway at the Beach, but I can't remember :confused:

Lately I've been trying to get a job at Matsuya near my home.

so you have been to myrtle beach, south carolina? O.o lol

Yeahhhh. I live in North Carolina and I usually go up to SC during the summer every year, and we like play putt putt and stay in some hotel and crap like that.

O.O!!! i wonder if i have seen you there?! lol i live in georgia and we also usually go every year during the summer. we play putt putt at that course that is connected to the dairy queen. its the pyramid one i for the name of? lol

Can i ask where in Jersey? Im from there and the only anything i know of thats anytype of asian is in Cherry Hill, that asian market if you know where im talking bout....

Yes, we have a large asian population in our town and the neighboring town, so we tend to have asian stores and restaurants in a lot of places.

Lol...you live in Bad News, eh? I went to middle school there, and high school in Hampton. :) I never paid attention to the names unfortunately, but as my best friend is Vietnamese, I'd always go shopping with her mom at the Asian Market lol. We have quite a few up here new St. Louis, too. One of them is really close to my house and I love it because I can get my snack fix (I'm addicted to manjuu, the rice crackers with nori around them, and the real fruit juice gummies). xD

I live close to the arlington heights stuff. There are 3 asian markets all around Mitsuwa and Woodfield. I think its an H mart and Asii i think.

I would answer... But... As I live in Japan my answer would be pointless. :D

So I`ll answer for where I grew up. There was a Japanese "mall" of sorts (restaurant, grocery store, Japanese preschool) thanks to Honda and Nissan having factories nearby - but it was out of my travel range. Living by a huge university though, there was never any shortage of small Asian markets.

To answer the question I would say no. But we have a huge Asian food section in our supermarket. And it's enough for me as long it has a good variety of Japanese tea.

YES! I've played there. Isn't it like an indoor and outdoor course? Haha Good times, good times. I've also been to Georgia. My family and I went to Six Flags there. Ever been there?

I live in grand prairire wher nothing is... but in arlington about 10 minutes away from my house in the Japanese/asain market. One side has asian but the other is completely japanese. even the numbers on the ailes re japanese. I go there all the time. There is a place in the market called Bistro B. It is good and serves all types of asian food but again there is a part of the menu where there is nothing but japanese on it. i of course ordered from that part. Im bout to go there in a couple of minutes!

There is a some Asian markets in arlington Tx or close around there ..

Do you even live in arlington?I mean seriously. Where do you live to know that there is acctully one in arlington?

Regardless of where JrockerHime lives there is actually more than one in Arlington. The largest and probably oldest being the old Hong Kong market on the SW corner of New York and Pioneer/303. Then there are dozens of smaller ones as you head west from there. Or the newest Hong Kong market just across the city limit line to the east in Grand Prarie (GSW pwky and 303).

The best of the Asian markets in the Dallas-Ft Worth are is the Super Hmart in Carrollton at 190 and Denton. There are Japanese markets that arise from time to time, btu most of them don't last long and the one or two that have survived are very small with seriously limited stock.

BTW JrockerHime, the Hmart is closer to you than a trek from Decatur to Arlington, anyway. And check out the Mozart Bakery across the parking lot while you are there. They have the best iced green tea in ever!

nope never been to six flags but my parents and bro has before i was born....but yea its indoor and outdoor! i love that one!! its like the best one there lolol and i also go fishing on the pier that is connected with that hotel, you know that one?

Ahhh! Cherry Hill is miles and miles away from where I live. Mitsuwa is in Edgewater not too far from my town. There are actually 2 major Japanese supermarkets a couple of minutes from my town, Daido and Mitsuwa being the bigger one.

A LOT of asian markets...but no japanese one

Ohhhhh yeah! I know what you're talking about!
I think I'm actually going to Mitsuwa this weekend
cause my birthday's Sunday...

I'm lucky to have both...San Francisco-Japantown with its supermarket (the name escapes me) plus in my neck of the woods (East Bay) we got tons of stores like Ranch 99 etc...yea it rocks! XDDDDDD

I live in (the heart of) Texas, and though it's only happened in the past 6-10 years we finally did get an Asian Market (MT Market) and a Japanese market (Asahi). The Japanese market is considerably smaller, and quite a drive away from where I live... the groceries are slim pickins', too... but somethiing is certainly better'n nothing! :rheart: :rolleyes:

You can order from Mitsuwa online, they have more available at their site then they do in their stores.

The products aren't the only reason I go there. It just feels like an authentic Japanese supermarket. Pshhh, like I know what authentic Japanese is. Still, it's a great place to go on weekends. The food is really good and the view of Manhattan from the Hudson River is amazing.

I love this place! LOOOVE the sake selection!

Where I live, there are two Asian Markets. They are owned by nice Korean couples. Sadly, this means that there is hardly any Japanese stuff to choose from..

Ooh, I'm going to be SO poor shopping on that site