While smaller than many mitsuwa stores Ive been to let me tell you this story is jam-packed with everything you could possibly need just be aware you might want to get there early for the vegetables or the fresh made items like the hamada ya bakery or the onigiri rice balls they sell fast older store but well maintained and over all a great stock of japanese favorites parking is a bit challenging as there is honestly not a lot of room to park but as people come and go quickly from the store I had no issues finding a spot although just a few were there might be tough for larger vehicles also and while its been over a year since I have been to the larger Japanese grocery chains and smaller ones the prices do seem a bit higher here but that could also just be due to the coronavirus pandemic issue I would happily return to the store and shop again the staff and cashier and Patreons were all polite and helpful

It small store with a lot variety. The lines arent long and the staff are nice and attentive.

Great place to pick up Japanese food and products without having to go to Little Tokyo downtown.I feel safer here than at most stores because they do restrict number of people and I see people wear their masks properly in here. And as always, the store is kept clean and you see the employees cleaning.

Great selection for a smaller store. the store is clean, staff is friendly, prices are fair.

I should be grateful that we even have a Mitsuwa. I know a lot of people wish it was like the Torrance one. Trust me I as well, but they still do have some pretty good stuff to buy and pretty good onigiri. The sushi is pretty good and the beef bowl is solid. I just wish the beef bowl was bigger.The pricing is fair I would say. You’re going to be able to buy cheaper vegetables at a 99 ranch or H-mart, but they have some things that you can only find their which makes it unique in its own right. Staff is friendly and the location is easy to get to.

Wonderful place when you are looking for Asian ingredients or just want some Lychee ice cream or even Sushi for lunch.

This place has various Japan products. I enjoy shopping over there.

Having lived in Japan for a year, I came here excitedly! I was very pleased to see everything but I’m not sure if it’s because of covid-19 and the logistical disruption but there was barely any stock of anything. The stuff seems to come from Japan (as in imported) so the prices are extortionate. You pay about 3x what you would in Tokyo but I understand completely. I just think 3x is a little cray.But it was nice to be reminded of my time in Japan, and seeing all of these things were nice. I’d skip the produce and get the dried food. The vegetarian gyoza is delicious here!! (In the frozen section).

Authentic Japanese cuisine. Fresh food. Clean and tidy environment.

I bought a few bags of Japanese green tea and plum candies at this Mitsuwa Marketplace. The cashier was courteous and the selections of Japanese goods were impressive. Overall, I really enjoyed my experience as a shopper there.

Authentic Japanese marketplace where you can find some unique imported items.

Too small indoor. But prices are reasonable and they give you a good service!

A great market! I found all the treats I like. I dont have a Tokyo near me so this place is a great substitute. Come here and get your fix!

My go to place for a quick bite to eat. I enjoy their self serve area for lunch. I enjoy eating their karaage and onigiri. Their sushi is fresh.

A well-kept place with great selection of produce. The sushi and pastrami are both tasty and delish! Theres a noticeable decrease in inventory stocks though and bit higher on the prices relevant to the food portions. Overall, still a convenient place to shop!

Excellent quality and great service!This is really a boutique shop that sells Japanese grocery!!!

Prices vary since it is a grocery store, but you can also get cheap but delicious bento boxes and onigiri! Most of the snack items are slightly more expensive, like the Shrimp Chips I can get at Daiso, but then again sometimes I dont want to run to the nearest Daiso and get my shrimp chips cos its farther. Staff is super friendly and they offer you chopsticks if you purchase a bento.I think b/c of COVID, their bento boxes and onigiri tend to sell out real fast. Especially around noon time, theres only a select few onigiris left (my favorite is the salmon!). Just be aware if any of your family/friends are picky about the rice in the onigiri, they might not like it if youve kept it in your fridge after 2-3 days. I forgot they were in my fridge once and my mom snacked on one but didnt like how hard the rice got and threw it away... ༼;´༎ຶ ۝ ༎ຶ༽

Very small compared to some other mitsuwa. No food court but does have some bento stuff. Perhaps it is due to the Labor Day weekend, many items were out of stock.

The best Japanese grocery store in the area! Everything from produces to snacks, what they have are fresh and high-quality😺Here’s my favorites:- In the veggie section, I appreciate Nasu, Shiso, and Gobo which are hard to get- Variety of Natto is fantastic!- Whole bunch of soy sauce and seasonings- Jagabee is like chips, but it looks like French fries. Popular in Japan👍🏼- Frozen Yoshinoya beef bowl has an inventive packaging which vents steam while heating in microwave. Genius🤯One note. Their Hamadaya bread is really good🍞, but usually runs out by the evening. Get there early if you want it.

Needs more Japanese varieties. Alot more.

Love Mitsuwa Markets. Great market to get fresh grade sashimi meats. The only downside is that the market is 4× smaller than your normal Mitsuwa Markets. Overall still good.

Sharp driveway angle Will damage any lower profile, lower ground-clearance vehicle entering or existing.

I love this place almost as much as a hate Covid. I think it’s smaller than some of the other J- supermarkets but I’m not willing to go downtown at the moment, and I certainly am not going to have my elderly parents run around town searching for mochi. I took a gamble and thought it would be less crowded here than other places.I really appreciate how they are keeping the staff and patrons safe by limiting capacity to 15 people inside. That being said, bring a book, layer up, and bring an umbrella because it can get sunny/cold/ boring. I think I waited maybe 35-40 min to get inside, around 11:30am? I felt kind of bad for some of the senior patrons waiting for so long, but I believe they do have senior hours on Saturday.I went to go pick up stuff for ozoni soup for Japanese New Years, and was surprisingly pleased to find fresh mochi still available. I’m pretty sure it wasn’t frozen and then thawed, so I grabbed a few packs and some kamoboko from the freezer and called it a day. I heard the J-stores in West LA were sold out since the weekend, so was happy to find the items I was looking for.Thank you!

Theres a vast assortment of fredh, refrigerated snd frozen foods. They also have food to go and alcohol.

WowN som much goodies mmmm

The policy required to wear a mask (after reopening 06/19/2021) even if you have a vaccine

Good place to buy okonomiyaki supplies or japanese snacks.

Mitsuwa Marketplace is the only local Japanese focused supermarket in the Pasadena area. Its a little small but still enjoyable to shop at. This is a chain and the nearest next best Japanese focused grocer is in Little Tokyo. But for the residents of San Gabriel, this is more convenient.

Nice little Japanese market with fresh sushi and sandwiches for a quick meal. Fresh produce and a decent selection of beer/liquor as well. 😺🇯🇵

This place is actually a mid-size grocery store, NOT a super market. They have the bare minimum of everything and their bento section is an embarrassment to the franchise. They need to at least double the size before I consider going back.

What happened to this Mitsuwa, it used to be cleaned, held sufficient inventory, etc., it was better. But, I was disappointed on my last few visits at the store, because some items are expiring very soon, insufficient inventory, unfriendly staff and so on. This store needs to improve its performance.

Great selection of Japanese products.

Didn’t have too much here this week and canned Tuna that is normally $6.99 for 3 pack is now $8.39 for 3 pack. Was looking for Japanese pancake mix but they did not have any in stock.

Outstanding selection of Japanese products from kitchen ware, food and drinks. Very tight on parking and space though.

This kiwiberry so good. So sweet.

Did not provide full shelves with groceries and produce.

Great place for Japanese food

So much tasty food in one rather small grocery store. Worth stopping to shop.

Very nice and clean.

You can get high quality Japanese shabu-shabu meats there.

A little smaller than I thought, but the staff and supply are still exellent. Their sushi selection and To-go Japanese dishes are fresh and delicious. Recommended.

Great place friendly staff

Being a Japanese national living in Pasadena, Mitsuwa has been wonderful for easy access to Japanese essentials. They do not have as many items as other stores like Tokyo Central or Mitsuwa in South Bay. However, I still find almost everything I need in this store. I regularly use this store to pick up rice, natto, tofu, gyoza (dumplings), kimchi, condiments, nori (seaweed) and thinly sliced beef and pork as well as some seafood. My kids love Japanese sweets and I highly recommend them for not being overly sweet, especially matcha related sweets.I also love buying my shampoo and conditioner as I personally love the fragrance of Japanese products better than the products here in the US. But, if youre allergic to strong scent or perfumes, it might not be for you. They also have some basic skin care products as well at very reasonable price. If you are looking for basic items, this store will do just fine! Just as other reviewers said, you would feel pretty safe in there as they manage crowd control well and people are very responsible in wearing the masks the correct way.

First time here but feel very nice and Japanese surroundings. Lots of prepared sushi and food choices and they all look good!

Small neighborhood market with crazy inflated prices. Import candy is cheap tho

Came here for new years lucky bags (fukuburo). Worth it. Found a special gem Ive never seen on any other trip: fresh yuzu. Yuzu is seasonal in winter and pretty expensive with hardly any juice, but the flavor I did get from cooking with it was amazing. Very happy to find it here.

They limit 15 customer inside. So better you shop alone. And theres wait in line and today its very long.

My favorite Japanese grocer. Sushi-grade fish is top-notch.

I love this cute little shop! It has most of my favorite snacks as a kid back in the islands!💞

We love MiTaiwan

Clean. Hand sanitizer everywhere. Tents are set up to shade you if the store happens to be busy and you must line up. Theres a good selection of snacks, drinks, and groceries. I like the sales they have for certain items everytime I go here.

Its a small store with limited parking. The have Japanese lunch boxes that are pretty good. If you go too late after lunchtime, they wont have much selection left. Produce is pretty good but small section.

Had a fun little trip with my siblings to buy junk food. Would definitely go back to get stuff we didnt get in our first trip. Great customer service as well. Check out lines were short around 2pm on a Monday. 5/5

Such a great selection, food items we can’t find anywhere else!

Filled with wonderful Japanese treasures, so blessed to have one close to home!

This market place is expensive and great item what you are looking for.

Small Japanese store with a great ready made food section that they make fresh ever morning but get there before noon cus it goes fast

Awesome place!

Small Mitsuwa market. Less selection than other Mitsuwa stores.

I like Mitsuwa. Plenty of choices for Japanese food, from prepared food to fresh fish and meat, to staple ingredients like sauces and noodles. Theres also a great selection of snacks and some Japanese appliances. The store isnt as big as the Tokyo Central in Torrance, but its only a ten minute drive from where I live.

Great selection of a wide variety of Japanese food products and sushi. Well organized and in tune with proper protocols regarding disinfectants and sanitized carts.

Good place to get Japanese snack

Love this place its just a bit small. Great lunchtime box meals or dinner made fresh each day.

Love Mitsuwa for all their imported snacks and fresh sashimi

Love this place .. great Japanese products to choose from

I like the quality & variety of their sashimi grade fish plus the cooked ready to eat Japanese food selections.

Clean and good quality food and other items

Very clean organized store walking distance

Great selection of Japanese product but pricey

Nice little corner market. Got what I wanted (Yuzu and Yuzu hot sauce) and then some.

A Cashier slammed my merchandises into the bag. She treats customer like garbage. I complained to ofher employee, but she said there is no pount to tell the manager.

Always has exactly what Im looking for and the things I dont know Im looking for

Going to start coming here to get my sushi. Super fun to make at home. Friendly staff. Thanks :-)

A very good medium sized Japanese supermarket. Good selection of a wide variety of supermarket-type items. Prices were typical of this market niche: pricey, but reasonably so, considering that most items are imported. Japanese visiting the area or living here would be mostly pleased with the store. One of several in So Cal in this chain.Adequate parking. Accepts credit cards. Handicapped parking at front entrance.We shop there about once a week.

Pricey but has good items

Great place in the San Gabriel Valley to find good Japanese products. Beats having to drive to Santa Monica.

Simple, cheap, delicious. Reminiscent of a true Japanese convenience store.

Lock down. Only 15 customers allowed inside at a time.... long line.

The sushi tastes good !

This was a nice supermarket and very small. I went looking for the hello kitty holiday cookies but didnt find any. Oh well. There was only one check stand open and the line was starting to back up. I didnt see anyone working the floor so I couldnt ask for help finding the cookies. There werent a huge amount of customers but enough to overwhelm the only employee I saw. Anyway, Ill have to hit them up again. There were plenty of good looking foods but not the one I was looking for.

I believe this is the only Japanese market in the area. Kind of small, but practically has almost every imaginable Japanese grocery item. Even has a ready to eat section - like a convenience store. I like the sushi, the bento boxes, and other items for a quick and tasty lunch. Would recommend and return! Parking the parking lot is unfortunately a bit small.

Not crowded on a Monday afternoon. They have stopped banning recycled shopping bags from customers, and have resumed charging 10 cents for each plastic bag.

Liquors are expensive. Same sake can be found 30% cheaper in Hanam market.

Amazing service

Pretty overpriced seafood meats but there isnt another Japanese grocer around. Store is well stocked and clean. Definitely good to have a Mitsuwa around Pasadena

Limited selection from a Japanese grocery store. Great if you want to pop in and grab a few snacks and drinks you cannot get anywhere else. Pricing is above average for an Asian super market. Staff are very friendly.Pro tip: try their fresh bentos.. only if they are freshly made!

Tiny location. Not much just an asian market but little pricier

A great place to grab lunch and go. Quite small compared to the one on Torrance but convenient Japanese market if youre nearby.

Small Japanese grocery store chain. Prices are a bit high but reasonable given that it is imported goods. Can find many uniquely Japanese items in stock despite the small size. Has parking available out front. Be sure to check out specials that go on - ex: for New Years they had a mystery box sale.

Nice variety of food and products. Conversely located in the San Gabriel Valley with free parking. Ready made sushi and roll are there to satisfy that craving I get! The staff is helpful and prices are reasonable.

Good Japanese supermarket with take out sushi!

Bad service, said closed at 5pm at New Year’s Day, but don’t let me in at 4:40pm

One of few Japanese markets in the area. We come here to find Japanese goods that arent sold at American, Korean or Chinese markets. They have good cuts of sukiyaki meat and sashimi. For those that like red bean rice, they cook it well here too... the beans arent broken open and the rice isnt mushy from over steaming.

Wide variety of Japanese products despite compactness of the store. Has pretty much all you would typically be looking for. Great time to stock up on cookie/biscuit gifts for the holidays

Friendly, have everything you need. Even as a white american, who has been stationed in Japan, they dont look at me weird for being there and they are helpful. Not fighting over silly things due to a panic like other americans at other stores. I go here often.

Great to have a Japanese market in this neighborhood

This is a small store, but with great collections of food. I can find everything most of the time. Only the time I want more selections is the day before New Year to get Japanese Osetchi (New Years traditional dish). Also, Mitsuwa in Torrance has a huge variety of sashimi, but this place has only limited a few sashimi items. Yet, I love this place! It could get expensive if you keep putting your favorites in the cart, just watch your spending. :DParking:Their parking gets packed time to time, but there are plenty of street parking around it.

Great place to find all your Asian grocery needs but expect a line at check out. Usually only two registers open out of three or four total.

It’s a smaller Mitsuwa.No food court.Limited produce selection.You can find most of your Japanese grocery needs here so that’s great.There’s a section for prepared quick meals such as futomaki and onigiri.Lots of registers usually open. It can get pretty busy so choose the right one and don’t get stuck behind someone slow.Parking lot available with spaces open all the times I’ve been. It’s tricky exiting tho cuz then you have to turn and watch for traffic on such a busy street.

Been waiting in line for over 1 hour to get in the store! This is ridiculous. Why are whole families shopping together and allowed in the store? It slows down the line and endangers public health.