Photos: As other malls die off, Arcadia center targets Asian shoppers

Westfield Santa Anita shoppers dine in the mall’s new food court in front of The Backhouse on March 24, 2017, in Arcadia.

Mall visitors walk past paper butterflies hanging inside the Westfield Santa Anita shopping center in Arcadia.

The Westfield Santa Anita shopping mall in Arcadia has brought in a variety of Asian retailers and restaurants to appeal to the local Asian community as well as tourists.

Nathan Wong and Michelle Qin, of Temple City, take photos inside the Westfield Santa Anita mall on March 24, 2017.

Employees make cheesecakes inside Uncle Tetsu Japanese Cheesecake, a new offering at the Westfield Santa Anita shopping mall in Arcadia.

An employee prepares a chocolate cheesecake at Uncle Tetsu Japanese Cheesecake inside the Westfield Santa Anita mall on March 24, 2017.

Uncle Tetsu Japanese Cheesecake, a new dining option at the Westfield Santa Anita mall in Arcadia, has another location in Hawaii.

Dumplings are prepared at the Din Tai Fung restaurant inside the Westfield Santa Anita mall on March 24, 2017, in Arcadia.

Dumplings are steamed inside Din Tai Fung at the Westfield Santa Anita mall in Arcadia. Diners to the Asian restaurant often have a long wait.

Beads for sale are displayed at Maido Stationery, one of several new Asian retailers at the Westfield Santa Anita shopping mall in Arcadia.

Paper butterflies hang inside the Westfield Santa Anita shopping mall in Arcadia.

Penny Tang, an international student from Hainan, China, browses notebooks at Maido Stationery inside Arcadia’s Westfield Santa Anita mall.

Men’s clothing is displayed at SST&C, which recently opened a new location inside the Westfield Santa Anita mall in Arcadia.

Colorful drawing supplies await shoppers at the Muji retail store in Arcadia’s Westfield Santa Anita shopping mall.

Shoppers browse pens for sale at the Muji retail store inside the Westfield Santa Anita shopping mall on March 24, 2017, in Arcadia.

Westfield Santa Anita shoppers browse home goods at the new Muji retail store inside the Arcadia mall.

Mall visitors walk beneath paper butterflies hanging inside the Westfield Santa Anita shopping center.

A riot of colorful paper butterflies hang overhead inside the Westfield Santa Anita shopping mall.