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| - If you're looking for Seafood City, 99 Ranch Store or some other all-Asian megamarket, this isn't the place. After tracking the place down, my first look at the outside was kind of disappointing, because I was hoping for something larger.
But when I went in, I was glad to have made the trip.
What you will find when you go through the door is a neighborhood grocery store, primarily specializing in Japanese food. It is not a large place, but is well-stocked, clean, and fresh-smelling. They clearly take pride in their establishment.
The staff is pleasant, and they have a good selection of products and brands. Even brands seen in American stores were labelled in Kanji.
They do well with their limited space -- instead of putting a whole case of each product on the shelf, they put enough of each for you to find (or, of course, you can ask). This lets them carry a far greater variety than you would guess from the size of the place, especially of candy and snacks (Morinaga and Pocky fans will find a wide selection). Hi-Chew is $1.19 per pack (May 2011) in the various flavors, below the price I've found in Asian stores on the West Coast.
It seems that they are able to keep prices low by volume of sales, judging by the number of customers (about half a dozen in the few minutes that I was there).
The parking lot is small, and shared with a laundromat and another store or two. There is on-street parking.
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