Japan Village

Name: Japan Village
Rating: 4.6

Hypermarket · 934 3rd Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11232, United States · United States

★ 4.6 on Google · 5,154 reviews · View on Google Maps

13 / 100

Manipulation score

Clean

Completed Jul 15, 2026 · 87 reviews flagged

How this score works

The score estimates how strongly this place's review record matches known manipulation patterns, from 0 (no signs) to 100. Verdicts: Clean below 40, Suspicious from 40, Likely Manipulated from 70. It rises with the share of reviews flagged and how suspicious each one is.

Burst: — an abnormal spike of five-star reviews in a single day compared to the place's usual pace.
Low activity account: — the reviewer has almost no other reviews, photos, or Local Guide history; throwaway accounts look like this.
Duplicate text: — the wording is nearly identical to another review of the same place.

Verdicts are statistical estimates based on public review patterns, not accusations.

Review anatomy

Reviews examined

997

Flagged

9% of examined

Flagged avg rating

4.9★

place average 4.6★

Reviews per month

Jan ’25

May ’25

Sep ’25

Jan ’26

May ’26

Reviews per month, total and flagged
Month	Reviews	Flagged
Jan ’25	36	6
Feb ’25	39	1
Mar ’25	96	8
Apr ’25	79	5
May ’25	58	5
Jun ’25	57	3
Jul ’25	76	5
Aug ’25	67	4
Sep ’25	59	4
Oct ’25	38	3
Nov ’25	44	2
Dec ’25	37	1
Jan ’26	41	4
Feb ’26	29	4
Mar ’26	51	7
Apr ’26	48	5
May ’26	50	3
Jun ’26	71	11
Jul ’26	21	6

Rating distribution

5★

4★

3★

2★

1★

Evidence

burst 3 five-star reviews on 2025-01-05 vs avg 0.1/day; 3 five-star reviews on 2025-01-15 vs avg 0.6/day weight 1
low activity account 81 reviews flagged weight 0.8
duplicate text 2 reviews flagged weight 0.9

Flagged reviews

Exhibit — 2 reviews, near-identical wording

Amazing experience. I highly recommend this place to visit for anime fans. The have various types of collectibles- wide selection. The food is delicious-We had the ebi yaki n tako yaki at the food court $17. Supermarket Selections are very good, I spent $25 on cookies and candy n drinks. My friend...

claudia reyes ★★★★★ 2025-11-09 suspicion 58
Bolitho Bullard ★★★★★ 2026-04-29 suspicion 79

Showing the 10 most suspicious of 85 remaining flagged reviews.

Yuichi Tabata

activity unknown

★★★★★

2025-01-15

Justin

30 reviews · Local Guide

★★★★★

2025-01-15

Bob Hudock

12 reviews · Local Guide

★★★★★

2025-01-15

Pierre Enel

24 reviews · Local Guide

★★★★★

2025-01-05

Adriana

28 reviews · Local Guide

★★★★★

2025-01-05

Midnight Wanderer

451 reviews · Local Guide

★★★★★

2025-01-05

Really liked visiting here. We didn't buy anything, but we will next time.

Jessica quintero

1 review

★★★★★

2026-07-15

Ummm I don't no how to talk Japanese :P

Alicia Segovia

1 review

★★★★★

2026-07-10

It was nice going there.

Anne Kutscher

activity unknown

★☆☆☆☆

2026-07-07

It was a very nice place with lots of options. I ordered a beef and rice bowl and got food poisoning.

Carmen Perez

1 review

★★★★★

2026-07-05

Report generated Jul 15, 2026. Reviews change — you can request a fresh investigation.

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