Nisei Week Festival/Little Tokyo/Related

I went to Mitsuwa in Little Tokyo the other day and I asked one of the cashiers about the recent developments there, given the new owners of the building are Korean. She told me that despite the change of ownership, the Mitsuwa market will remain as a tenant there. That contradicts the article which stated they would build a Korean market there as an anchor, but I take the woman on her word since she does work there and should and would know what's going on...

Good news.

Tu_triky wrote:
Good news.

:woot: :dancing: :victory: :applaud: [/list:u]

gaijinmark wrote: :woot: :dancing: :victory: :applaud: [/list:u]

I was relieved. Keeps me from having to schlep all the way to Torrance in the future :P :victory:

Tu_triky wrote:I was relieved. Keeps me from having to schlep all the way to Torrance in the future :P :victory:

There's a Mitsuwa in Santa Monica, isn't there? :P

bmwracer wrote:
There's a Mitsuwa in Santa Monica, isn't there? :P

Yeah but I don't really go to the one on the Westside. Too much traffic runs east-west, and much more traffic generally in the Santa Monica area. But your point is well taken; that is an option....but if I were going to head on the freeway to go to Mitsuwa I'd much rather go to the Torrance location :)

Tu_triky wrote:

Yeah but I don't really go to the one on the Westside. Too much traffic runs east-west, and much more traffic generally in the Santa Monica area. But your point is well taken; that is an option....but if I were going to head on the freeway to go to Mitsuwa I'd much rather go to the Torrance location :)

that is good news, that the Mitsuwa in Little Tokyo is going to stay. I went to that one last month, and my first time, that's where they had the Honda-ya restarant in the same plaza.

i've haven't been to the one in Santa Monica before, and yeah the traffic is really bad all the time there. The Mitsuwa in Torrance has those Tamaki rolls, do the other ones have them as well?

im glad to have a mitsuwa so close by :mrgreen:

krim wrote:im glad to have a mitsuwa so close by :mrgreen:

Me too. :victory:

You should be :grumble:

Hmm, a number of Mitsuwa clientele on this board. Nobody shops at Marukai?

shin2 wrote:Hmm, a number of Mitsuwa clientele on this board. Nobody shops at Marukai?

i did, mostly because the ex had a membership card, so we went to the gardena location frequently.

I used to go to Marukai some, but got into the habit of going to Mitsuwa and never went back.

Nisei Week parade is Aug 17th. But at 5PM. So it will be too dark to get any decent videos. I will enjoy it nevertheless as I do each year. :woot:

gaijinmark wrote:I used to go to Marukai some, but got into the habit of going to Mitsuwa and never went back.

I prefer Mitsuwa over Marukai, myself.

ralphm1999 wrote:Nisei Week parade is Aug 17th. But at 5PM. So it will be too dark to get any decent videos.

The parade's not in Alaska.... It doesn't get dark until 8PM... :)

Tu_triky wrote:

I prefer Mitsuwa over Marukai, myself.

Mitsuwa seems to have a better selection and their stores are cleaner. Maybe it's the blue uniform. :crazy: [/list:u]

shin2 wrote:Hmm, a number of Mitsuwa clientele on this board. Nobody shops at Marukai?

Parking is suckie at the Marukai and the membership card thing is a hassle.

gaijinmark wrote: Mitsuwa seems to have a better selection and their stores are cleaner. Maybe it's the blue uniform. :crazy: [/list:u]

I agree...even comparing the Marukai and Mitsuwa in Little Tokyo one can clearly notice a difference in the selection. I never factored in the uniform. I like the fact that one Latin American guy working in the meat dept at Mitsuwa is now the security guard. :hehe:

bmwracer wrote:
Parking is suckie at the Marukai and the membership card thing is a hassle.

the 2nd story Marukai off Artesia and Western, yeah the parking isn't the greatest, and they do ask for membership, i think it is $10 a year. The one in Little Tokyo, which has has moved some feet down over, and it looks nice in there, but small but i think...if i remember correctly, they do not ask for a membership card, all other Marukai's, including the one i frequent most in Costa Mesa ask for a membership card. I prefer Mitsuwa mkt over Marukai, although Marukai has better prices, but more selection i think in Mitsuwa, and you cannot beat their special event food "depachika-like" fairs that are found only inside Mitsuwa's.

qilver wrote:and you cannot beat their special event food "depachika-like" fairs that are found only inside Mitsuwa's.

Yup.... Takoyaki...! :mrgreen:

Hey are you going to the Nisei Festival this year?