Higo Journal

Closed, opens tomorrow 11amIndependent shop in Capitol HillDirections

Available from Kobo Shop & Gallery when we last checked, in the last two days. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

"By purchasing a Higo Journal, you are preserving a part of Japanese-American history. The photos depicted on the cover are selections from the archives of the Murakami family of Seattle, Washington. Sanzo "Papa" Murakami founded the Higo Ten Cent Store in 1932, purveying everything from kimonos to rice cookers to the then thriving Japanese community. At the outbreak of World War II, the family was sent to internment camp, along with thousands of other Japanese Americans. Upon release in 1946, t