Jonathan Gold reviews Osawa in Old Town Pasadena

Sashimi is served with the Shokado bento box at Osawa, a Japanese restaurant that incorporates sushi and shabu shabu.

Akayagara is part of the sashimi plate at Osawa.

Osawa in Old Pasadena features a wide variety of Japanese food.

Ika is featured in the sashimi plate at Osawa.

Osawa Chef Yutaka Kudo sears a dish while preparing the chef’s special sushi.

Apart from sushi and bento boxes, Osawa also features shabu shabu.

The sashimi plate at Osawa is a bounty of fish.

The sashimi plate includes aji.

Lightly pickled mackerel is the star of battera sushi, a flavor bomb of fish.

The chef’s special sushi plate at Osawa, where the assortment of fish is amazingly diverse.