The Rough Shop: The Relic Uncovered on Shikoku, Japan


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“Whatever it is you ‘re seeking won’t come in the form you’re expecting.” If you are going to talk about a little shop in the middle of rural Japan, left abandoned only to contain an array of past treasures and tell the story of the husband and wife who transformed it into a viable sort of art installation, then this referenced Haruki Murakami quote is apt. Japan has an energy, an earthy supernaturalism, that makes its magical realistic qualities emerge in the most mundane of situations. In the tiny village of Kawamata on the island of Shikoku, Rufus Ward and his artist wife Eri Itoi have created the painstakingly detailed The Rough Shop, a found object paradise that combines a…

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