Edge Water NJ

This is a video my hubby took outside of Mitsuwa marketplace in Edgewater NJ on a cloudy day. Several states have a Mitsuwa marketplace.But this one is unique. It over looks the Hudson River. THEY USED TO CALL THE EAST VILLAGE IN NYC (MANHATTAN ) Little Tokyo. You can still find articles on line about it. But after 911 many of the Japanese moved to North Jersey. The food in the area used to be authentic Japanese. The whole area was Japanese. And the restaurants were really good. But other Asians started to mix in so it has become a little diluted lately but still unique and there is nothing like it in NYC. The restaurants are still Japanese. And some in the area are not any more . There is a Japanese themed knock off of it in Brooklyn called Japan village but it is just themed not truly Japanese. NYC has since 911 lost its culture! We do not even have the great restaurants that NYC used to have!
Anyway for a true authentic Japanese experience head to Mitsuwa marketplace in Waters Edge NJ.