Website of John W. Traphagan, Professor of Religious Studies and Human Dimensions of Organizations, University of Texas at Austin
Stores and Shops
This was once a tailor’s shop and cry cleaner. I talked many times to the man who owned this shop and who was in the 1990s taking care of his wife, who had become bed-ridden.Umbrellas for sale at a fun shop in Mizusawa.A delicious lunch served at Ecuru. This is onigiri and suition on the right, which is a local soup.Inside Ecuru.More food at Ecuru.And another dish.My wheels while in Iwate.An old samurai house in Kanegasaki that has been turned into a pizza parlor.One of the many empty stores you see in the region. When I lived in this neighborhood in the 1990s, this was a convenience store. It had been in operation since the 1920s. When I visited in 2017, the building had been torn down.Well, I suppose it’s a lot better than Dirty Santa.
