This is a big, beautiful East Side showroom, a gastronomically seductive space, for lovers of Japanese cuisine. Of which I am one.

It is there courtesy of a Moonachie, N.J.-based company called New York Mutual Trading. 

They have everything: Japanese chef’s knives, sushi supplies, sushi robots (!), serving dishes, soy sauce, sake, chopsticks, appliances, tea, cookbooks, and much more. Events, too.

When I visited, the employees were extremely friendly and helpful, with one of them indulging me as I sounded out kana on the product packages.