Nikkei Entrepreneur Spotlight: Artful Ceramics and More at Shoshi’s General Store

If you’re walking around the heart of Little Tokyo, you may wonder whether the 341 FSN space has been converted into an art exhibit or a ceramics shop. But that’s precisely the question artist and designer Shoshi Watanabe hasn’t answered yet himself, and he likes it that way.

“People come in and say, ‘Amazing gallery!’ or ‘Are you open yet?,’ which would imply they think we’re a store,” he laughed. “Not every corner of the pop-up space is merchandise, it’s sharing what I’m thinking about.”

published on January 29, 2019