Marukai Corporation U.S.A.

Marukai Corporation U.S.A., Inc.

Marukai Living storefront in San Diego
Company type	Department store, grocer, former subsidiary of Marukai Corporation
Industry	Department stores, market
Founded	1965; 59 years ago (1965) in Hawaii
Founders	Richard Matsu Hidejiro Matsu
Headquarters	Gardena, California
Number of locations	14
Area served	California, Hawaii
Products	Imported Japanese goods
Owner	Don Quijote
Number of employees	670 (400 in California, 270 in Hawaii)
Divisions	Tokyo Central
Subsidiaries	98cent Plus Markets (defunct)
Website	marukai.com

Marukai Corporation U.S.A. is an American offshoot chain of retail markets that imports and sells Japanese goods in American cities started by the Osaka, Japan-based Marukai Corporation (Japan) [ja]. Unlike other Japanese supermarkets, which may carry non-Japanese products based on local diversity, Marukai has Hawaiian products as a core focus in addition to Japanese in all its stores. Its headquarters are in Gardena, California, in Greater Los Angeles.^[1]