Celebrate 90 years of business Former Uwajimaya CEO TOMIO MORIGUCHI remembers the day his dad found a spot for the family grocery store in the 1940s. Fujimatsu was incarcerated at Tule Lake during World War II and he had to rebuild the Uwajimaya business from scratch. While walking up Main Street in the International District with 10-year-old Tomio, he came across a dilapidated store...
Feel like splurging but on a very tight budget? Try upgrading your instant ramen choices. Spending $1.29 on a package of noodles instead of the usual quarter can make all the difference. High-end instant ramen is trending in Japan. Ichiran, the popular ramen chain mentioned earlier in this feature, may have the ultimate instant ramen meal: It sells Ichiran Ramen Curly Noodles for anywhere...
It’s Christmas Eve, and you haven’t even started buying those little stocking stuffers. What to do? We’ve got you covered. The following stocking-stuffer ideas can all be found at Uwajimaya grocery store in the International District, so you can get everything in one stop. Asian facial masks Uwajimaya stocks a wide variety of soothing facial masks from Asia to restore and revitalize skin. They...
Ever wonder what your beloved pet’s name would look like in Chinese characters, or kanji? We pick one pet photo and render the pet’s name in kanji. Stardust Stardust is a 12-year-old pixie bob. She loves music and socializing with her neighborhood cat visitors who come by her window daily to meow hello 星 Star. This kanji means someone with outstanding talent. 大 This...
New children’s book brings yokai to life When folklorist, author and translator Zack Davisson came across the work of Swiss artist Eleonora d’Onofrio on the Internet, he was instantly smitten. D’Onofrio had rendered a series of Japanese yokai, or monsters and spirits, in her original style. The paintings spoke to Davisson, so he reached out to her and asked if she would be willing...
