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Kana Furukawa


福岡県福岡市の西南学院大学経済学部2年生。大学のプログラムでシアトル地域の歴史や最新ビジネス動向を学ぶために、北米報知財団に4週間に渡って在籍。

(2019年11月 更新)


Stories from This Author

Interview: KOBO, the protector of Japantown, Vinco Bisbee

Nov. 29, 2019 • Kana Furukawa

KOBO at Higo (hereafter referred to as KOBO) started as an art gallery and shop in 2004 and is quickly becoming the face of Seattle Japantown. We spoke to the store's owner, Vinco Bisbee, about the opening of the shop and his own upbringing. Introducing "Japanese Manufacturing" in America KOBO, which stocks a wide range of arts and crafts from Japan and the Pacific Northwest, is a popular store bustling with tourists and regulars. Binko, who runs the store with …

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