There is no doubt that this is the best Japanese Market in Clark County. Japan Creek Market is great and all but it actually has nothing on this place. The selection is almost 2 and a half times bigger than Japan Creek, and the customer service if far superior.
They have a giant selection of DVDs, including every Miyazaki film, and many classic animes which are unknown in America yet had a significant influence in Japanese society.
The prices here are almost half the price of Japan Creek. I love coming here for the fresh uni which is only $6.00. They also have more variety of products such as Buckwheat Soba Noodles. At Japan Creek, they only got 2 brands, but here at NAKATA they have like 10 different brands. They also got this specific brand of Wasabi powder which I can't find anywhere else in Clark County.
One of the biggest reasons I prefer NAKATA Market of Japan is that it's a Japanese business where the owner appreciates and loves ALL of his customers. Believe me, there are many Japanese owned businesses where the owners considers non-Japanese Asian customers and Nisei/SanSei to be "2nd Class Customers". They act all nice to you upfront but will talk sh!t behind your back(FYI Urusawa in Beverly Hills is the worst at this). Do you really want to give business to prejudice jerks who view your money as pockets full of sh!t? And believe it or not many of your favorite Japanese restaurant have this nationalistic mentality, including many of those overrated multi-million dollar bankrolled restaurants that all the bandwagon yelp elites meet up at.
Perhaps my favorite thing is that they have all the varieties of East-Asian candy, including the Thai and Chinese brands that are extremely popular in Japan. They also got this brand of instant Miso Ramen that actually tastes shockingly similar to real Sapporo Style Miso Ramen(You won't find that at Greenland aka the instant Ramen capital of Las Vegas).
My Mom is Korean and has been married to a full-blooded Japanese man, but for some reason she doesn't really know a thing about Japanese food. It's moments like today that make me wonder why my dumbsh!t Dad never bothered to ever explain even one thing about Japanese cuisine to her. My Mom came in NAKATA MARKET today and had no idea what anything was, and she had to ask the owner a million questions, and even attempted to describe the characteristics of the food items she was looking for. The owner was very nice to her, and went way out of his way to help her find all the things she needed. The coolest thing about one of the workers here is that he immediately could tell I was half Japanese and half Korean. I've never met a person that sharp. Being from Arcadia/Pasadena area of California, there was a large Japanese-American population because the internment brought us there. And many of Japanese-Americans in the area are only half due to large population of Whites, Koreans and Filipinos in the area. When I left the area, I had to deal with a lot of issues from full blooded Japanese people who considered me "not japanese" but the best thing was that the workers here at NAKATA viewed me as being one of them. I really appreciated their kindness.
This place is a 5-star establishment. The only reason it gets low reviews is because of that thing I always rant about regarding Yelpers and their bandwagon mentality. Most Yelpers are nothing more than nonsensical Yes-men who do nothing but hang out at the Talk forums all day, while writing pointless 5-word messages over 100 times a day that look just like text messages from some 13 year old girl. You know who you are, the same Yelpers who COPY AND PASTE each other's reviews to "fit in" with the crowd, and the same Yelpers who actually make a List for their ROTDs(Now that is total douchbaggery). In conclusion, the moral of my rant is that NAKATA is the greatest, and I am f*cking awesome for some reason.
Sorry, the endings of my reviews usually get really bizarre and violent...