A worker organizes and restocks packages of pork spare ribs in the meat and poultry section at Tokyo Central in Costa Mesa on Thursday. (KEVIN CHANG / Daily Pilot)
An employee restocks an upper shelf of the frozen dessert aisle at Tokyo Central in Costa Mesa. The store, which had been Marukai, is reporting more Americans coming in to shop than before. (KEVIN CHANG / Daily Pilot)
A customer looks at a selection of pickled vegetables at the new Tokyo Central store in Costa Mesa on Thursday, July 23. (Kevin Chang / Daily Pilot)
Fresh daikon radishes for sale at the new Tokyo Central store in Costa Mesa. (Kevin Chang / Daily Pilot)
Wooden chopsticks are arranged neatly for sale at the new Tokyo Central store in Costa Mesa. (Kevin Chang / Daily Pilot)
The new Tokyo Central store has taken over the space formerly occupied by Marukai market in Costa Mesa. (Kevin Chang / Daily Pilot)
