Folks in the Seattle area, come check out the Chin Music booth at this weekend's Aki Matsuri, a celebration of Japanese culture hosted by Bellevue Community College. The matsuri, or festival, features craftspeople, martial artists, Japanese food, a Japanese-style flea market, workshops on Japanese culture and, of course, the Pacific Northwest's finest purveyor of books on Japan, yours truly.

We're very excited to be included in this year's festival because the organizers, the folks at Eastside Nihon Matsuri, have made a point of keeping for-profit companies to a minimum to allow individual artists to shine. Either the good people at ENMA looked at our books and felt sorry for us or they felt that our books fit the mold of what they are trying to promote. Either way, we're proud and happy to be part of the festival.

The event is free as is the parking. Come by and say hi. Meet our new intern, Josh among others. Check out our latest titles. Perhaps even buy a limited edition Art Space Tokyo print cloth, a contemporary art gallery in Tokyo. No pressure. Just come by and let us know you're one of our readers. We'd love to meet you.