Mitsuwa Marketplace

3760 S. Centinela Ave. (Venice Blvd.)

Los Angeles, CA 90066

310-398-2113

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Cuisine: Japanese

One-stop shopping for just about anything Japanese, including a food court with authentic specialties.

Openings: Open daily

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Mitsuwa Marketplace Restaurant Review:

This Japanese mall — part of a nine-store chain across the U.S. — offers all the Japanese specialty groceries anyone could want, as well as seasonal Japanese produce and unique holiday treats. Inside is also a food court with décor more functional than exotic and several specialty shops with down-home flavors: Kanda for udon (Japanese soup noodles made from wheat), the donburi (rice bowl) specialty house Miyabi-tei, plus sellers of Japanese books, trinkets and housewares. After lunch or an early dinner, head into the market for a nice selection of saké, adventurously packaged Japanese snack foods, colorful pickles, fresh fish and bentos of sushi and prepared foods — the last two have been known to go on sale toward the end of the business day.

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