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This Single Road by Alan Lau
"We spend so much time on trains and subways that I can't resist sneaking in some sketches. I love the ephemeral moment when we as strangers on this earth get to spend mere seconds or minutes together sharing space before dispersing and never meeting again. Maybe it’s my own futile attempt to hold on to that elusive moment in time."
In This Single Road, poet and painter Alan Chong Lau opens his Kyoto notebooks to us— inexpensive pocket notebooks filled with quick sketches, poems, and fragments of daily life. Echoing the haibun tradition of Bashō and Santōka, This Single Road is less a travelogue than a record of engagement — intimate and playful — a lifelong conversation with place, with practice, and with Kazuko, his companion in life and art.
Alan Chong Lau is a poet and visual artist based in Seattle, Washington. He is the author of several books, including Blues and Greens: A Produce Worker’s Journal (University of Hawai’i Press, 2000). He serves as the arts editor for the International Examiner that covers news, features, and the arts for the Northwest’s pan-Asian Pacific American community. As an artist, he is represented by ArtX Contemporary Gallery in Seattle, Washington. Softcover, 136pp.
Higo Journal
"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. Higo, the oldest Japanese variety store on the West Coast, closed its doors in 2004. Domo arigato gozaimasu – may this journal provide you with a place to preserve your personal history." 140 lined pages, 6'' x 8.25''. Made in Seattle.
2026 Karhu Calendar (Gift wrapped box pictured)
This charming calendar is from Karhu Studios in Kyoto, Japan. Based on Karhu's paintings and writings from 1927-2007. Every month is a whimsical painting with a proverb in Japanese and English. Each calendar is packed in a gift box and tied with a ribbon. Dimensions: 34'' L x 3.5'' W. Kyoto, Japan