Mitsuwa Marketplace

07/08/05

Japantown is in Arlington Heights!

by cthulhu at Citysearch

Mitsuwa is in the middle of a diffuse Japanese community in the Arlington Heights area. The bulk of the store is a Japanese grocery store and food court. Then there are several other small stores in the Mitsuwa building, including a bookstore, video rental, china shop (which my mother loved), and a Japanese themed anime/toy shop. They have take-out sushi. Sometimes I'll come across a real geek find here-- in the bookstore they were selling region free Toshiba DVD players-- imported, not modded-- that could play Japanese and American DVDs. I also found a listing for a muiltifamily Japanese garage sale (moving back) on a bulletin board there (in Japanese) and I went there and bought some nice dishes.

• Pros: Variety of goods, Access to imports, Fresh fish