Mitsuwa Marketplace, Edgewater NJ

One of my favorite supermarkets is a specialty market located in Edgewater, NJ. The store is Mitsuwa Marketplace, the largest Japanese supermarket in the United States. Because the drive there takes about an hour and a half, my husband and I don't go to Mitsuwa more than three or four times during the year, but it's worth it for the huge variety of Japanese food and kitchen items that the store sells.

Pictured: exterior of the supermarket

Pictured: pocky aisle

Pictured: candy aisle

Pictured: our grocery cart

Pictured: sake aisle

Pictured: gourmet sweets
Our typical shopping order includes a few frozen items (potstickers, fried rice, shrimp shumai), fresh sushi, tea, Japanese beer and lots of sweets. My favorite item is green tea cookies. They aren't super sweet, and having two cookies for 90 calories satisfies me without breaking my calorie budget.

We combine our visits to Mitsuwa with a trip to Trader Joe's, which is located nearby. Unfortunately, Bethlehem has yet to get its own Trader Joe's, but I keep hoping it'll happen someday. Until then, I'm going to enjoy being close enough to these specialty stores that I can visit them occasionally. I may actually appreciate them more because I can't go to them that often.

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